---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Secunia @ FIRST Conference, 12-17 June, Hilton Vienna, Austria See to the presentation "The Dynamics and Threats of End-Point Software Portfolios" by Secunia's Research Analyst Director, Stefan Frei. Read more: http://conference.first.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: SUSE update for ConsoleKit SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA44980 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/44980/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44980 RELEASE DATE: 2011-06-16 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/44980/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/44980/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44980 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: SUSE has issued an update for ConsoleKit. This fixes a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious users to potentially gain escalated privileges. The weakness is caused due to improper handling of the "is-local" property and may lead to additional privileges being granted to remote users. SOLUTION: Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Pierre Ossman within a Red Hat bug report. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Red Hat Bug#585952: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585952 openSUSE-SU-2011:0639-1: https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8782872 SUSE-SU-2011:0638-1: https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8782891 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------