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SUSE: 2019:2035-2 Critical Update: polkit Authentication Caching Flaw

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Calendar Grey August 16, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Update for polkit (ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1250-1) resolves authentication vulnerability with significant severity.
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 Enterprise Storage 5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2019-2035=1 Package List: - SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 (aarch64): libpolkit0-0.113-5.18.1 libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.113-5.18.1 polkit-0.113-5.18.1 polkit-debuginfo-0.113-5.18.1 polkit-debugsource-0.113-5.18.1 typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.18.1

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security advisory security issue important update instructions SUSE auth issue polkit

References

#1121826

Cross- CVE-2019-6133

Affected Products:

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1121826

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2035-2
Rating: important

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security advisory security issue important update instructions SUSE auth issue polkit

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