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openSUSE Leap 15.0/15.1 Security Update: CVE-2019-6133 Important Polkit Fix

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Calendar Grey August 15, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important revision for openSUSE addresses a caching issue in polkit that affects user access. Safeguard your setup immediately.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for polkit fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2019-6133: Fixed improper caching of auth decisions, which could

bypass uid checking in the interactive backend (bsc#1121826).

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory important openSUSE polkit caching issue uid checking

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 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1914=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1914=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

libpolkit0-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

polkit-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

polkit-debuginfo-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

polkit-debugsource-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

polkit-devel-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libpolkit0-32bit-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

libpolkit0-32bit-debuginfo-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

polkit-doc-0.114-lp151.5.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):

libpolkit0-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

polkit-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

polkit-debuginfo-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

polkit-debugsource-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

polkit-devel-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

libpolkit0-32bit-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

libpolkit0-32bit-debuginfo-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

polkit-doc-0.114-lp150.2.10.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6133.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1121826

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1914-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory important openSUSE polkit caching issue uid checking

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