Executive Summary

Summary
Title polkit security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2011:0455 First vendor Publication 2011-04-19
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2011-04-19
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated polkit packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

3. Description:

PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations.

A race condition flaw was found in the PolicyKit pkexec utility and polkitd daemon. A local user could use this flaw to appear as a privileged user to pkexec, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands as root by running those commands with pkexec. (CVE-2011-1485)

Red Hat would like to thank Neel Mehta of Google for reporting this issue.

All polkit users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

692922 - CVE-2011-1485 polkitd/pkexec vulnerability

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-362 Race Condition

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13758
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13758
Title: USN-1117-1 -- policykit-1 vulnerability
Description: policykit-1: framework for managing administrative policies and privileges Local users could gain root access by using the pkexec tool in PolicyKit.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1117-1
CVE-2011-1485
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 10.04
 Product(s): policykit-1
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15134
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15134
Title: DSA-2319-1 policykit-1 -- race condition
Description: Neel Mehta discovered that a race condition in Policykit, a framework for managing administrative policies and privileges, allowed local users to elevate privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec. The oldstable distribution does not contain the policykit-1 package.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2319-1
CVE-2011-1485
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
 Product(s): policykit-1
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21671
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21671
Title: RHSA-2011:0455: polkit security update (Important)
Description: Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:0455-01
CVE-2011-1485
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
 Product(s): polkit
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23637
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23637
Title: ELSA-2011:0455: polkit security update (Important)
Description: Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:0455-01
CVE-2011-1485
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): polkit
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27796
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27796
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011-0455 -- polkit security update (important)
Description: [0.96-2.el6_0.1] - Include fixes for CVE-2011-1485 - Resolves: #692941
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011-0455
CVE-2011-1485
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): polkit
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2014-10-20 Linux PolicyKit Race Condition Privilege Escalation
2011-10-08 pkexec Race Condition Privilege Escalation Exploit
2011-10-05 PolicyKit Pwnage: linux local privilege escalation on polkit-1 <= 0.101

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-06-06 Name : RedHat Update for polkit RHSA-2011:0455-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0455-01_polkit.nasl
2012-04-30 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201204-06 (polkit)
File : nvt/glsa_201204_06.nasl
2011-10-16 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2319-1 (policykit-1)
File : nvt/deb_2319_1.nasl
2011-05-17 Name : Fedora Update for polkit FEDORA-2011-5676
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_5676_polkit_fc14.nasl
2011-05-17 Name : Mandriva Update for polkit MDVSA-2011:086 (polkit)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_086.nasl
2011-05-10 Name : Ubuntu Update for policykit-1 USN-1117-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1117_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2011-109-01 polkit
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2011_109_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
72261 PolicyKit pkexec Parent Process Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation

PolicyKit contains a flaw related to determining the privileges of the parent process. This may allow a local attacker to gain root privileges.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_3_libpolkit0-110427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_4_libpolkit0-110427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0455.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20110419_polkit_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201204-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-10 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2319.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1117-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-28 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2011-109-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-16 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-086.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-5676.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-04-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-5589.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-04-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0455.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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