[Cucumber-linux-security] polkit (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for polkit for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

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Tue Jul 10 17:22:08 EDT 2018
lib-base/polkit rebuilt (build 5) to fix CVE-2018-1116, a security vulnerability
	that allowed for a process to trigger the authentication of unrelated
	processes owned by other users. Given the nature of the vulnerability,
	it has the potential to result in a denial of service (application
	crash), information disclosure or privilege escalation. For more
	information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=465
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1116
multilib/lib-base/polkit-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 5, x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-465 [CVE-2018-1116]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=465)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure polkit is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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