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SUSE: 2019:2035-1 Important: Polkit Authentication Issue Fix

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Calendar Grey August 1, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch addresses polkit vulnerability; critical update for various SUSE offerings now released.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

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). 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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2019-2035=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2019-2035=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-2035=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2019-2035=1

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References

#1121826

Cross- CVE-2019-6133

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2035-1
Rating: important

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