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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2699 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2019-09-10
Updated:
2019-09-10

RHSA-2019:2699 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: polkit security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support.

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.

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.

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1664212 - CVE-2019-6133 polkit: Temporary auth hijacking via PID reuse and non-atomic fork

CVEs

  • CVE-2019-6133

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
x86_64
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 484b3bc4d16991cf39acf1e1daeda6368fb37bee2360e1ab6c11a026ddc2df5d
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1e50e27c514c0bfec25cd9454e77a7b21a385d735204eed89c457ec2732e80aa
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: d3db018256c356e5b9b1489577db9d137b179e241f31b9f84058a7d5cc68e0dd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49ec3fb40f15d00111f0c4068a1ad1cc552211671075ebf2a9e08956dbf410a0
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2b6b19abe724e729048c1c7956d380ee1c2cff8fa7da00573f8871df9126f7fe
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 69ca29f2a4f8ee54f81958e954713dc50c74941c43cfec2ff226ac31f9fd0fd8
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
x86_64
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 484b3bc4d16991cf39acf1e1daeda6368fb37bee2360e1ab6c11a026ddc2df5d
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1e50e27c514c0bfec25cd9454e77a7b21a385d735204eed89c457ec2732e80aa
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: d3db018256c356e5b9b1489577db9d137b179e241f31b9f84058a7d5cc68e0dd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49ec3fb40f15d00111f0c4068a1ad1cc552211671075ebf2a9e08956dbf410a0
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2b6b19abe724e729048c1c7956d380ee1c2cff8fa7da00573f8871df9126f7fe
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 69ca29f2a4f8ee54f81958e954713dc50c74941c43cfec2ff226ac31f9fd0fd8
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
s390x
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: cb2f3875bb7b366a429dd4f4d14f74d4bde4b7aa8046e1b3d0f63e44a9be8649
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 38055055f8d8d4b3e302f19a9dddeed025aa7e146340b8b706ab79b85e0d78ff
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 55260be8005d0678583484b637cd3cbee2d5c02988d2db90d8b6815027b9fd65
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4ea7d466531ceabd5677dd2de06ecb76782940e725a9fb5bb004a5d657213a1f
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 70624c3c2822f8292cdfc8e3d0685d77f26e6d1e607ccf0c4f4600da295af509
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ac19d83fb37ba469f4c1c60087b4a6af0e16e975db96ffa3dcc8013b5d94ce22
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
ppc64
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 8bdb2f708088356ae5a22bf0ad40802ca70ef105d5d0bbfb7dae943bbd295aef
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: cf7a4edbd4b43944b7e6a42985c2e783b1fd8304bba49fbde4ada9cb125adb86
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 9c1550540fef6eaffccbae7e036a134903b55f6b0071893af8ee178239d73e34
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0878ea6ab0c189eb47cb44c7231c7025b40ae72e63b795204bacb74782bd6c17
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: d1fa738ffc6416529e3a38d4c89a7b03f70e091391e1dbf9c72a376a20de4ed0
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 30633919ae18613068d8f2686a1d44778ed40c59136fb61d22e0fc93b4343c0a
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
ppc64le
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b9d0e3ed4ebff6d8d63fecf3296ceb5279b2e71a474b37a446e26e725f335294
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8927683a0998c78ac692dfa5a29d6062ee416dd70aac4eaf9ce4bd6f92e5fa50
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a9c0b03aa49fcd04cf78fdca1ef5f2945518295d6d2412d5091feb3277475058
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
x86_64
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 484b3bc4d16991cf39acf1e1daeda6368fb37bee2360e1ab6c11a026ddc2df5d
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1e50e27c514c0bfec25cd9454e77a7b21a385d735204eed89c457ec2732e80aa
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: d3db018256c356e5b9b1489577db9d137b179e241f31b9f84058a7d5cc68e0dd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49ec3fb40f15d00111f0c4068a1ad1cc552211671075ebf2a9e08956dbf410a0
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2b6b19abe724e729048c1c7956d380ee1c2cff8fa7da00573f8871df9126f7fe
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 69ca29f2a4f8ee54f81958e954713dc50c74941c43cfec2ff226ac31f9fd0fd8
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
x86_64
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 484b3bc4d16991cf39acf1e1daeda6368fb37bee2360e1ab6c11a026ddc2df5d
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1e50e27c514c0bfec25cd9454e77a7b21a385d735204eed89c457ec2732e80aa
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: d3db018256c356e5b9b1489577db9d137b179e241f31b9f84058a7d5cc68e0dd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: d3db018256c356e5b9b1489577db9d137b179e241f31b9f84058a7d5cc68e0dd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49ec3fb40f15d00111f0c4068a1ad1cc552211671075ebf2a9e08956dbf410a0
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49ec3fb40f15d00111f0c4068a1ad1cc552211671075ebf2a9e08956dbf410a0
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2b6b19abe724e729048c1c7956d380ee1c2cff8fa7da00573f8871df9126f7fe
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 69ca29f2a4f8ee54f81958e954713dc50c74941c43cfec2ff226ac31f9fd0fd8
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
ppc64le
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b9d0e3ed4ebff6d8d63fecf3296ceb5279b2e71a474b37a446e26e725f335294
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8927683a0998c78ac692dfa5a29d6062ee416dd70aac4eaf9ce4bd6f92e5fa50
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a9c0b03aa49fcd04cf78fdca1ef5f2945518295d6d2412d5091feb3277475058
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4

SRPM
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: ac607e484eaf543d77f5f3be01d056614228cc078e75e9d5f0f3c78be6e87136
x86_64
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 484b3bc4d16991cf39acf1e1daeda6368fb37bee2360e1ab6c11a026ddc2df5d
polkit-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1e50e27c514c0bfec25cd9454e77a7b21a385d735204eed89c457ec2732e80aa
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: d3db018256c356e5b9b1489577db9d137b179e241f31b9f84058a7d5cc68e0dd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 49ec3fb40f15d00111f0c4068a1ad1cc552211671075ebf2a9e08956dbf410a0
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2b6b19abe724e729048c1c7956d380ee1c2cff8fa7da00573f8871df9126f7fe
polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 69ca29f2a4f8ee54f81958e954713dc50c74941c43cfec2ff226ac31f9fd0fd8
polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8fd2b6874cdb55c7d80d8f40a3843655be35f0c6f9ce5f66cff6b9d43f891b08

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