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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.876102
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Update for polkit FEDORA-2018-2f8696869e
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit'; package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2018-2f8696869e advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit'
package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2018-2f8696869e advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is
used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
processes.

Affected Software/OS:
'polkit' package(s) on Fedora 29.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-19788
Debian Security Information: DSA-4350 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
https://bugs.debian.org/915332
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2046
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:3232
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/
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