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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2018:1224-01 Moderate: PackageKit Fix

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2018
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Important security patch for PackageKit in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, mitigating vulnerabilities related to unauthorized access.
An update for PackageKit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distribution, cross-architecture API.
Security Fix(es):
* PackageKit: authentication bypass allows to install signed packages without administrator privileges (CVE-2018-1106)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Matthias Gerstner (SUSE) for reporting this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity authentication bypass PackageKit

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1106 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: PackageKit-1.1.5-2.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: PackageKit-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-command-not-found-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-glib-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-glib-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-yum-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: PackageKit-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-cron-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-glib-devel-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-glib-devel-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-yum-plugin-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: PackageKit-1.1.5-2.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm PackageKit-glib-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-glib-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: PackageKit-1.1.5-2.el7_5.i686.rpm PackageKit-1.1.5-2.el7_5.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1224-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1224
Issue date: 2018-04-24

Topic

An update for PackageKit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity authentication bypass PackageKit

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1565992 - CVE-2018-1106 PackageKit: authentication bypass allows to install signed packages without administrator privileges

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