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openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2018:2284-1 Moderate Threat: Polkit Security Fix

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2018
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openSUSE releases a fix addressing uid comparison concerns in polkit, classified as having moderate urgency. More information provided within.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for polkit fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2018-1116: Fix uid comparison lacking in

polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization (bsc#1099031).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue patch openSUSE polkit correction

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-848=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):

libpolkit0-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

polkit-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

polkit-debuginfo-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

polkit-debugsource-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

polkit-devel-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

libpolkit0-32bit-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

libpolkit0-32bit-debuginfo-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

polkit-doc-0.114-lp150.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1116.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099031

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2284-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue patch openSUSE polkit correction

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