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Slackware 13.1: 2011-109-01 Critical: Polkit Local Code Execution Threat

New polkit packages are available for Slackware 13.1 and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] polkit (SSA:2011-109-01) New polkit packages are available for Slackware 13.1 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/polkit-1_14bdfd8-i486-2_slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to fix a race condition that could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code as root. Thanks to Neel Mehta of Google. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1485 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/polkit-1_14bdfd8-i486-2_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/polkit-1_14bdfd8-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.1 package: 5637ba798181d2f8c1eb5e4f7e475a94 polkit-1_14bdfd8-i486-2_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 373e6d2d9cee6ad83e21e5cdc35ec491 polkit-1_14bdfd8-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz Slackware -current package: 48c255cc39a00a85adb8013463876a29 l/polkit-0.101-i486-2.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: b8c5e45ba82d6b36fd1b7a6574016493 l/polkit-0.101-x86_64-2.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg polkit-1_14bdfd8-i486-2_slack13.1.txz +-----+ . Recent updates to polkit packages for Slackware 13.1 address a vulnerability that permitted local code execution. It is advised to upgrade promptly.. polkit Update, Slackware Security, Code Execution Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 20, 2011 •Critical Slackware