Security update for polkit

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2018-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-6133 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-6133 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for polkit fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-6133: Fixed improper caching of auth decisions, which could bypass uid checking in the interactive backend (bsc#1121826).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-2018=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-2018=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-debugsource-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-debuginfo-0.114-3.9.1
    • libpolkit0-0.114-3.9.1
    • libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-devel-0.114-3.9.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-debugsource-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-debuginfo-0.114-3.9.1
    • libpolkit0-0.114-3.9.1
    • libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.114-3.9.1
    • polkit-devel-0.114-3.9.1

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