- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: polkit: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: August 15, 2019 Bugs: #661470, #672578 ID: 201908-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in polkit, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation. Background ========== polkit is a toolkit for managing policies relating to unprivileged processes communicating with privileged processes. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-auth/polkit < 0.115-r2 >= 0.115-r2 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in polkit. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact ====== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/polkit-0.115-r2" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2018-1116 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1116 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-19788 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19788 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14 Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5