[Cucumber-linux-security] polkit (security update is available)
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From: Scott C. <sc...@cu...> - 2018-12-10 23:17:53
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Update Information A security update is available for polkit for the following versions of Cucumber Linux: * 1.1 Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog: +----------------+ Mon Dec 10 17:54:59 EST 2018 lib-base/polkit rebuilt (build 6) to fix CVE-2018-19788, a security vulnerability that allowed for an unprivileged user with a user id greater than INT_MAX (2147483647) to authenticate as root and run with root like privileges within polkit due to insufficient uid range checking. For more information see: https://thehackernews.com/2018/12/linux-user-privilege-policykit.html https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=629 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19788 multilib/lib-base/polkit-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 6, x86_64 only) * SECURITY FIX * +----------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLD and CVE Information This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency (CLD) and CVE numbers: * CLD-629 [CVE-2018-19788] (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=629) 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). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Cucumber Linux Security Team cuc...@li... <mailto:cuc...@li...> https://www.cucumberlinux.com/security.php |