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[ALAS2-2019-1171] Amazon Linux 2 2017.12 - ALAS2-2019-1171: important priority package update for polkit

Severity Important
Affected Packages 10
CVEs 1
Info Packages References Vulnerabilities

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2019-6133:
A vulnerability was found in polkit. When authentication is performed by a non-root user to perform an administrative task, the authentication is temporarily cached in such a way that a local attacker could impersonate the authorized process, thus gaining access to elevated privileges.
1664212:
CVE-2019-6133 polkit: Temporary auth hijacking via PID reuse and non-atomic fork

Package Affected Version
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit?arch=aarch64&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-docs?arch=noarch&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-devel?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-devel?arch=aarch64&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-debuginfo?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-debuginfo?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-debuginfo?arch=aarch64&distro=amazonlinux-2 < 0.112-18.amzn2.1
ID
ALAS2-2019-1171
Severity
important
URL
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1171.html
Published
2019-03-07T05:58:00
(5 years ago)
Modified
2019-03-08T00:44:00
(5 years ago)
Rights
Amazon Linux Security Team
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit?arch=aarch64&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 aarch64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-docs?arch=noarch&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit-docs < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 noarch
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit-devel < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-devel?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit-devel < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-devel?arch=aarch64&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit-devel < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 aarch64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-debuginfo?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit-debuginfo < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-debuginfo?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit-debuginfo < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/polkit-debuginfo?arch=aarch64&distro=amazonlinux-2 amazonlinux polkit-debuginfo < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 amazonlinux-2 aarch64
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# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date