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SUSE: 2019:0019-2 Moderate: polkit UID Handling Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 26, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
A patch resolves a notable bug in polkit for openSUSE, targeting user ID management flaws and enhancing overall system integrity.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for polkit fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-19788: Fixed handling of UIDs over MAX_UINT (bsc#1118277) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-19=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64): libpolkit0-0.113-5.15.1 libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.113-5.15.1 polkit-0.113-5.15.1 polkit-debuginfo-0.113-5.15.1 polkit-debugsource-0.113-5.15.1 typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.15.1

References

#1118277

Cross- CVE-2018-19788

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19788.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118277

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0019-2
Rating: moderate

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