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openSUSE 42.3 & 15.0: 2018:2290-1 Moderate: Blueman Authorization Fix

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2018
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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for blueman ______________________________________________
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for blueman fixes the following issues:

The following security issue was addressed:

- Fixed the polkit authorization checks in blueman, which previously

allowed any user with access to the D-Bus system bus to trigger certain

network configuration logic in blueman without authentication

(boo#1083066).

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate severity network configuration authorization issue openSUSE blueman

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 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-855=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-855=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

blueman-2.0.6-2.3.1

blueman-debuginfo-2.0.6-2.3.1

blueman-debugsource-2.0.6-2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

blueman-lang-2.0.6-2.3.1

thunar-sendto-blueman-2.0.6-2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

blueman-2.0.6-lp150.3.3.1

blueman-debuginfo-2.0.6-lp150.3.3.1

blueman-debugsource-2.0.6-lp150.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

blueman-lang-2.0.6-lp150.3.3.1

thunar-sendto-blueman-2.0.6-lp150.3.3.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083066

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2290-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate severity network configuration authorization issue openSUSE blueman

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