RHBA-2015:0692 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated polkit packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations.
It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
processes.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the polkitd daemon was not restarted after upgrading the

polkit package, nor stopped after the package uninstallation. To fix this bug,
scriptlets have been added to the polkit package. Upgrading the polkit package
to the version shipped in this erratum does not yet restart the polkitd daemon.
The daemon will be restarted after future upgrades from this version.
(BZ#1115649)

• Previously, the output of "pkcheck --help" did not match the supported

arguments and their expected form. This update removes the unimplemented
"--list-temp" option from "pkcheck --help", and fixes other aspects of the text
as well. (BZ#1130156)

Users of polkit are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1115649 - installation does not restart polkitd
• BZ - 1130156 - pkcheck --help mentions --list-temp but does not implement it

CVEs

(none)

References

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