Synopsis: Moderate: polkit security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2019:2046-1
Issue Date:        2019-08-06
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-19788
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Security Fix(es):

* polkit: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to
authentication bypass (CVE-2018-19788)
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SL7
  x86_64
    polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
    polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7.noarch.rpm
    polkit-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
    polkit-0.112-22.el7.i686.rpm
    polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7.i686.rpm
    polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7.i686.rpm
    polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2019-2046-1 Moderate: polkit on SL7.x x86_64

polkit: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to authentication bypass (CVE-2018-19788) SL7 x86_64 polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7.noar...

Summary

Moderate: polkit security and bug fix update



Security Fixes

* polkit: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to authentication bypass (CVE-2018-19788)
SL7 x86_64 polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7.noarch.rpm polkit-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-0.112-22.el7.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm noarch polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7.noarch.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2019:2046-1
Issued Date: : 2019-08-06
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-19788

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