RedHat: RHSA-2019-0230:01 Important: polkit security update
Summary
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, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Jan Rybar (freedesktop.org) for reporting this
issue. Upstream acknowledges Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) as the
original reporter.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6133 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.src.rpm
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc.rpm
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390.rpm
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.src.rpm
aarch64:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390.rpm
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.src.rpm
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-18.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.i686.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x
Bugs Fixed
1664212 - CVE-2019-6133 polkit: Temporary auth hijacking via PID reuse and non-atomic fork