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RedHat 6: RHSA-2019-0420-01 Critical: Polkit Auth Hijack

An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: polkit security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0420-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0420 Issue date: 2019-02-26 CVE Names: CVE-2019-6133 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64 3. Description: The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones. Security Fix(es): * polkit: Temporary auth hijacking via PID reuse and non-atomic fork (CVE-2019-6133) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)listed in the References section. 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1664212 - CVE-2019-6133 polkit: Temporary auth hijacking via PID reuse and non-atomic fork 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.src.rpm i386: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm noarch: polkit-desktop-policy-0.96-11.el6_10.1.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6): i386: polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm x86_64: polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6): Source: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.src.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6): noarch: polkit-desktop-policy-0.96-11.el6_10.1.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v.6): Source: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.src.rpm i386: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm noarch: polkit-desktop-policy-0.96-11.el6_10.1.noarch.rpm ppc64: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.ppc.rpm polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.ppc64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.ppc.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.ppc64.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.ppc.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.ppc64.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.ppc64.rpm s390x: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.s390.rpm polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.s390x.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.s390.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.s390x.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.s390.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.s390x.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.src.rpm i386: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm noarch: polkit-desktop-policy-0.96-11.el6_10.1.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-docs-0.96-11.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6133 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat securitycontact is . 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The latest patch for polkit in Red Hat mitigates a significant authentication vulnerability. This fix carries a high security impact classification for Enterprise Linux 6.. Red Hat Enterprise, polkit security, Important update, auth hijack, Linux security. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 26, 2019 •Important Red Hat