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openSUSE: Security Advisory for polkit (openSUSE-SU-2015:1734-1)

🗓️ 16 Oct 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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openSUSE: Security Advisory for polkit package(s) missing update. Fixing multiple security issue

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850996");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-10-16 16:25:15 +0200 (Fri, 16 Oct 2015)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3218", "CVE-2015-3255", "CVE-2015-3256", "CVE-2015-4625");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for polkit (openSUSE-SU-2015:1734-1)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Polkit was updated to 0.113 to fix four security issues.

  The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  * CVE-2015-4625: a local privilege escalation due to predictable
  authentication session cookie values. (boo#935119)

  * CVE-2015-3256: various memory corruption vulnerabilities in use of the
  JavaScript interpreter, possibly leading to local privilege escalation.
  (boo#943816)

  * CVE-2015-3255: a memory corruption vulnerability in handling duplicate
  action IDs, possibly leading to local privilege escalation. (boo#939246)

  * CVE-2015-3218: Allowed any local user to crash polkitd. (boo#933922)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"polkit on openSUSE 13.2, openSUSE 13.1");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2015:1734-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(openSUSE13\.2|openSUSE13\.1)");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSE13.2") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpolkit0", rpm:"libpolkit0~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpolkit0-debuginfo", rpm:"libpolkit0-debuginfo~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit", rpm:"polkit~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-debuginfo", rpm:"polkit-debuginfo~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-debugsource", rpm:"polkit-debugsource~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-devel", rpm:"polkit-devel~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-devel-debuginfo", rpm:"polkit-devel-debuginfo~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0", rpm:"typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpolkit0-32bit", rpm:"libpolkit0-32bit~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpolkit0-debuginfo-32bit", rpm:"libpolkit0-debuginfo-32bit~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-doc", rpm:"polkit-doc~0.113~3.8.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "openSUSE13.1") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpolkit0", rpm:"libpolkit0~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpolkit0-debuginfo", rpm:"libpolkit0-debuginfo~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit", rpm:"polkit~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-debuginfo", rpm:"polkit-debuginfo~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-debugsource", rpm:"polkit-debugsource~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-devel", rpm:"polkit-devel~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-devel-debuginfo", rpm:"polkit-devel-debuginfo~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0", rpm:"typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpolkit0-32bit", rpm:"libpolkit0-32bit~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpolkit0-debuginfo-32bit", rpm:"libpolkit0-debuginfo-32bit~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"polkit-doc", rpm:"polkit-doc~0.113~9.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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