Moderate: Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: systemd bug fix and enhancement update

Updated systemd packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init scripts. It provides aggressive parallelization...

MGASA-2013-0293 Updated polkit package and the packages that call polkit fixes security vulnerability

A race condition was found in the way the PolicyKit pkcheck utility checked process authorization when the process was specified by its process ID via the --process option. A local user could use this flaw to bypass intended PolicyKit authorizations and escalate their privileges CVE-2013-4288...

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 -...