-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: polkit security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1135-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1135 Issue date: 2020-03-31 CVE Names: CVE-2018-1116 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: 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 impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. 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 3. Description: 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: Improper authorization in polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd (CVE-2018-1116) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section. 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1595404 - CVE-2018-1116 polkit: Improper authorization in polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd 1753037 - unable to paste anything with systemctl or service start, stop, restart commands in terminal session 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7): Source: polkit-0.112-26.el7.src.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7): Source: polkit-0.112-26.el7.src.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7): noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: polkit-0.112-26.el7.src.rpm noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm ppc64: polkit-0.112-26.el7.ppc.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7.ppc64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.ppc.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.ppc64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.ppc.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: polkit-0.112-26.el7.ppc64le.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.ppc64le.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.ppc64le.rpm s390x: polkit-0.112-26.el7.s390.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7.s390x.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.s390.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.s390x.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.s390.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.s390x.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: polkit-0.112-26.el7.src.rpm noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.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/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1116 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes/index 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . 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