-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2013-13620 2013-07-25 22:55:57 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : gksu-polkit Product : Fedora 19 Version : 0.0.3 Release : 8.gitf8ce834c.fc19 URL : http://live.gnome.org/gksu Summary : Command line utility to run programs as root Description : This is a library and application used to ask the user for passwords to run programs as root. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: * Recreate tarball from proper sources; previous package was shipping an unknown code tarball. * Add proper patching for CVE-2012-5617/CVE-2013-4161, the previous fix was creating a patch file and not patching the code. * Use proper bus name in service file to fix service timeout. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Sun Jul 21 2013 Simone Caronni <[email protected]> - 0.0.3-8.gitf8ce834c - Update to git snapshot, add script to recreate tarball. - Fix Patch1, was creating a patch file and not patching files. - Add fix to service file from Jan Pokorný (#975541). * Tue Jun 11 2013 Simone Caronni <[email protected]> - 0.0.3-7 - Fix systemd service file (#948613). - SPEC file formatting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #987561 - CVE-2013-4161 gksu-polkit: improper patching of CVE-2012-5617 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987561 [ 2 ] Bug #883162 - CVE-2012-5617 gksu-polkit: privilege escalation due to improper authentication settings in policykit configuration file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883162 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update gksu-polkit' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-announce
