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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-11058
2015-07-03 16:09:36
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Name        : polkit
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 0.113
Release     : 1.fc22
URL         : https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/
Summary     : An authorization framework
Description :
polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations.  It is
used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
processes.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2015-3218, CVE-2015-3255, CVE-2015-3256, CVE-2015-4625
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Jul  2 2015 Miloslav Trmač  - 0.113-1
- Update to polkit-0.113 (CVE-2015-3218, CVE-2015-3255, CVE-2015-3256,
  CVE-2015-4625)
  Resolves: #910262, #1175061, #1177930, #1194391, #1228739, #1233810
* Fri Jun 19 2015 Miloslav Trmač  - 0.112-11
- Add BuildRequires: systemd so that %{_unitdir} is defined, to fix the build.
* Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering  - 0.112-10
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1228738 - CVE-2015-3218 polkit: crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228738
  [ 2 ] Bug #1233808 - CVE-2015-4625 polkit: potential information disclosure vulnerability due to cookie counter wrapping
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233808
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update polkit' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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Fedora 22: polkit Security Update

July 13, 2015
Security fix for CVE-2015-3218, CVE-2015-3255, CVE-2015-3256, CVE-2015-4625

Summary

polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is

used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged

processes.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2015-3218, CVE-2015-3255, CVE-2015-3256, CVE-2015-4625

Change Log

* Thu Jul 2 2015 Miloslav Trmač - 0.113-1 - Update to polkit-0.113 (CVE-2015-3218, CVE-2015-3255, CVE-2015-3256, CVE-2015-4625) Resolves: #910262, #1175061, #1177930, #1194391, #1228739, #1233810 * Fri Jun 19 2015 Miloslav Trmač - 0.112-11 - Add BuildRequires: systemd so that %{_unitdir} is defined, to fix the build. * Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.112-10 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1228738 - CVE-2015-3218 polkit: crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228738 [ 2 ] Bug #1233808 - CVE-2015-4625 polkit: potential information disclosure vulnerability due to cookie counter wrapping https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233808

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update polkit' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : polkit
Product : Fedora 22
Version : 0.113
Release : 1.fc22
URL : https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/
Summary : An authorization framework

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