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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3232 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2019-10-29
Updated:
2019-10-29

RHSA-2019:3232 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Moderate: polkit security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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 7.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to authentication bypass (CVE-2018-19788)

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 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1655925 - CVE-2018-19788 polkit: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to authentication bypass

CVEs

  • CVE-2018-19788

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
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 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
x86_64
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4e27895a9f3f557ccbb2a20ac8c88c14be84d72a066aa20f245f69a8e640284
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f5ff1e8d92bddf3a53418ca4c431537c7a51caec63da8e686479294890489c1
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4da7a33586f119f39a70154c70275a0d84d3101039967ac1f9c44527245ffe48
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 28ed452bd21559797338cbbbb432de90e07c6562e454af5b40fff2ccc6eb2edb
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3580d7b84dc97b77aaf22cb46cef4e39a353b357efaa30e4f5ccab92c8062d1
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 469dd96acff49de0b395ba5cd996b795acae8132bf8afcf7de25cb0a14c0506c
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
x86_64
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4e27895a9f3f557ccbb2a20ac8c88c14be84d72a066aa20f245f69a8e640284
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f5ff1e8d92bddf3a53418ca4c431537c7a51caec63da8e686479294890489c1
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4da7a33586f119f39a70154c70275a0d84d3101039967ac1f9c44527245ffe48
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 28ed452bd21559797338cbbbb432de90e07c6562e454af5b40fff2ccc6eb2edb
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3580d7b84dc97b77aaf22cb46cef4e39a353b357efaa30e4f5ccab92c8062d1
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 469dd96acff49de0b395ba5cd996b795acae8132bf8afcf7de25cb0a14c0506c
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
s390x
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: a5cf92173e21c6f47dc9ec76b4a5d0367f880dcabda9f5afce29d2cb4a2008f4
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bb1d19a8d28f539996cbe8df4103a34c6412dc59b29a32764b8756ab0baf1cd7
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: 78c26f0eb6d98f2570ecd96bca06cafd32965c0afb7f4c42d0c5e79663eed651
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bba04ba7078b9bce346ed1dbaa3af727f0972298908a8489c9eebd03ff439716
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: d3f9295d4a907f8897845222406ea3209fd3e3ca661d303fbfa02332aca3421a
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5dec104bea628038b8206cf15a9ee73f81faf5ee03dd33c6633a8c6cb22457a4
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
ppc64
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 12e3ef73d6a83e16dc29ddfc2d9fae0fc4ef8848fab00cc046321cc202d14622
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 38f4238dc7ffc2f35925c4519d4abd9e7fcd43253cf3c33506b33840d5d657d9
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 49033568c0cf505b535ed6ce74731111d334fbbfba9519b6056f3a101f9ea8a2
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7a2d98291b9cdbbfd6fd9c01e9dc86ee697f7d5558de22a53649b4389c1a5bd4
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 448af3b8b6fadab9c71ad8235d4b4215292ef82072969a55f1b6255717911c5b
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 556304acf09541d42fcfa408a97971dc62d16a54293a5cc45e04f5b29f335fd6
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
ppc64le
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5e5f6982c6494a6b8b5d0cf9cf9f4cf32a3778dcf47d7e2bdfe9d8e9351c13d2
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 381fd581f7ae208c1299f7bdc8db8441f442ea4ed40051796d8e31de22cdaa1b
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8401ae5fd021792f293ca253a4e7ae83aa0e999cdd37c0f1f6da5e98b9b472c6
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
x86_64
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4e27895a9f3f557ccbb2a20ac8c88c14be84d72a066aa20f245f69a8e640284
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f5ff1e8d92bddf3a53418ca4c431537c7a51caec63da8e686479294890489c1
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4da7a33586f119f39a70154c70275a0d84d3101039967ac1f9c44527245ffe48
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 28ed452bd21559797338cbbbb432de90e07c6562e454af5b40fff2ccc6eb2edb
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3580d7b84dc97b77aaf22cb46cef4e39a353b357efaa30e4f5ccab92c8062d1
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 469dd96acff49de0b395ba5cd996b795acae8132bf8afcf7de25cb0a14c0506c
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
aarch64
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 101b8fd5781f3f838f0eeb602e628b618547d82921a2893828bf2b75153f494e
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6f7720f279e063db720a5a01320b5561478cc809ac8df34a9e37e9174f2f497a
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: ca7c88e6893e2fdb470a9fb29430a450e2e0a735c34ebf97a53f7de4ed60cc44
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
ppc64le
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5e5f6982c6494a6b8b5d0cf9cf9f4cf32a3778dcf47d7e2bdfe9d8e9351c13d2
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 381fd581f7ae208c1299f7bdc8db8441f442ea4ed40051796d8e31de22cdaa1b
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8401ae5fd021792f293ca253a4e7ae83aa0e999cdd37c0f1f6da5e98b9b472c6
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
x86_64
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4e27895a9f3f557ccbb2a20ac8c88c14be84d72a066aa20f245f69a8e640284
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f5ff1e8d92bddf3a53418ca4c431537c7a51caec63da8e686479294890489c1
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4da7a33586f119f39a70154c70275a0d84d3101039967ac1f9c44527245ffe48
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4da7a33586f119f39a70154c70275a0d84d3101039967ac1f9c44527245ffe48
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 28ed452bd21559797338cbbbb432de90e07c6562e454af5b40fff2ccc6eb2edb
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 28ed452bd21559797338cbbbb432de90e07c6562e454af5b40fff2ccc6eb2edb
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3580d7b84dc97b77aaf22cb46cef4e39a353b357efaa30e4f5ccab92c8062d1
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 469dd96acff49de0b395ba5cd996b795acae8132bf8afcf7de25cb0a14c0506c
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
ppc64le
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5e5f6982c6494a6b8b5d0cf9cf9f4cf32a3778dcf47d7e2bdfe9d8e9351c13d2
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 381fd581f7ae208c1299f7bdc8db8441f442ea4ed40051796d8e31de22cdaa1b
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8401ae5fd021792f293ca253a4e7ae83aa0e999cdd37c0f1f6da5e98b9b472c6
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
x86_64
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4e27895a9f3f557ccbb2a20ac8c88c14be84d72a066aa20f245f69a8e640284
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f5ff1e8d92bddf3a53418ca4c431537c7a51caec63da8e686479294890489c1
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4da7a33586f119f39a70154c70275a0d84d3101039967ac1f9c44527245ffe48
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 28ed452bd21559797338cbbbb432de90e07c6562e454af5b40fff2ccc6eb2edb
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3580d7b84dc97b77aaf22cb46cef4e39a353b357efaa30e4f5ccab92c8062d1
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 469dd96acff49de0b395ba5cd996b795acae8132bf8afcf7de25cb0a14c0506c
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7

SRPM
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: cf2209fd02298e5a99026162a358201e5d1360a599c208010f443a7034eb13ff
s390x
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: a5cf92173e21c6f47dc9ec76b4a5d0367f880dcabda9f5afce29d2cb4a2008f4
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bb1d19a8d28f539996cbe8df4103a34c6412dc59b29a32764b8756ab0baf1cd7
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: 78c26f0eb6d98f2570ecd96bca06cafd32965c0afb7f4c42d0c5e79663eed651
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bba04ba7078b9bce346ed1dbaa3af727f0972298908a8489c9eebd03ff439716
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390.rpm SHA-256: d3f9295d4a907f8897845222406ea3209fd3e3ca661d303fbfa02332aca3421a
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5dec104bea628038b8206cf15a9ee73f81faf5ee03dd33c6633a8c6cb22457a4
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 01dd74040e32c726ae6e767bbd51cf5270076b053d652406c526239cd9a0b729

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