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.
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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.
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ChangeLog:
* Sun Jul 21 2013 Simone Caronni - 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 - 0.0.3-7
- Fix systemd service file (#948613).
- SPEC file formatting.
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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
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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
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