Fedora 18 : gksu-polkit-0.0.3-6.fc18 (2013-3032)

gksu-polkit security update Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: gksu-polkit-0.0.3-6.fc18

This is a library and application used to ask the user for passwords to run programs as root...

Fedora 17 : gnome-system-log-3.4.1-3.fc17 (2012-18659)

This update changes gnome-system-log to use a stricter polkit policy when running with elevated privileges. Previously, it would only ask for the user's own password; now it requires anadministrator password. This problem has been reported as CVE-2012-5535 Note that Tenable Network Security has...

Fedora 18 : gnome-system-log-3.6.1-2.fc18 (2012-18579)

This update changes gnome-system-log to use a stricter polkit policy when running with elevated privileges. Previously, it would only ask for the user's own password; now it requires anadministrator password. This problem has been reported as CVE-2012-5535 Note that Tenable Network Security has...

Slackware Advisory SSA:2011-109-01 polkit

The remote host is missing an update as announced via advisory SSA:2011-109-01. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: esoftslkssa201110901.nasl 6598 2017-07-07 09:36:44Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from the corresponding slackware advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012...

Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2011-109-01)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Scientific Linux Security Update : polkit on SL6.x i386/x86_64

A race condition flaw was found in the PolicyKit pkexec utility and polkitd daemon. A local user could use this flaw to appear as a privileged user to pkexec, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands as root by running those commands with pkexec. CVE-2011-1485 The system must be rebooted for...

RedHat Update for polkit RHSA-2011:0455-01

Check for the Version of polkit OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for polkit RHSA-2011:0455-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

RedHat Update for polkit RHSA-2011:0455-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201204-06 (polkit)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 201204-06. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Fedora 16 : systemd-37-15.fc16 (2012-2557)

This systemd update adds several fixes : - logind created files under /run/user/ in an insecure manner. A local attacker could create a symlink inside arbitrary directories CVE-2012-0871. - permissions of PrivateTmp directories RHBZ790522 - timedated did not run without ntp installed RHBZ790260 -...

Linux pkexec / polkitd 0.96 Race Condition

!/bin/sh pid; if stat procbuf, &statbuf != 0 gseterror error, POLKITERROR, POLKITERRORFAILED, "stat failed for /proc/%d: %s", process-pid, gstrerror errno; goto out; where the code only rely on stat of the pseudo filesystem src/polkit/polkitsubject.c --------- there's not enough validation to run...

linux local privilege escalation on polkit-1 <= 0.101

No description provided by source. / polkit-pwnage.c ============================== = PolicyKit Pwnage = = by zx2c4 = = Sept 2, 2011 = ============================== Howdy folks, This exploits CVE-2011-1485, a race condition in PolicyKit. davidz25 explains: --begin-- Briefly, the problem is that...

PolicyKit polkit-1 < 0.101 - Local Privilege Escalation

/ polkit-pwnage.c ============================== = PolicyKit Pwnage = = by zx2c4 = = Sept 2, 2011 = ============================== Howdy folks, This exploits CVE-2011-1485, a race condition in PolicyKit. davidz25 explains: --begin-- Briefly, the problem is that the UID for the parent process of...

CVE-2011-1485

Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit aka polkit 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID...

Immunity Canvas: CVE_2011_1485

Name| CVE20111485 ---|--- CVE| CVE-2011-1485 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| CVE-2011-1485: pkexec stuid race Notes| CVE Name: CVE-2011-1485 VENDOR: PolKit Notes: Tested on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Repeatability: Infinite CVE Url: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2011-1485 NOTES:...

CVE-2011-1485

CVE-2011-1485 is a race-condition vulnerability in PolicyKit’s pkexec and polkitd that lets a local user escalate privileges by exploiting the mismatch between real and effective UIDs when a setuid binary (e.g., /usr/bin/chsh) is involved in the parent process of pkexec. The root cause is the pke...

CVE-2011-1709

GNOME Display Manager gdm before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a web browser with the uid of the gdm account, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the x-scheme-handler/http MIME type...

Slackware 13.1 / current : polkit (SSA:2011-109-01)

New polkit packages are available for Slackware 13.1 and -current to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2011-109-01. The text itself is copyright C...

Mandriva Update for polkit MDVSA-2011:086 (polkit)

Check for the Version of polkit OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for polkit MDVSA-2011:086 polkit Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...