Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1437
Advisory Release Date: 2020-06-16 18:05 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-06-17 23:40 Pacific
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure. (CVE-2018-1116)
Affected Packages:
polkit
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update polkit to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.aarch64
polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.aarch64
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.i686
polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.i686
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.i686
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-26.amzn2.noarch
src:
polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.src
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.x86_64
polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.x86_64
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.x86_64