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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Regular users installing updates through packagekit or rpmdrake</H1>
<B>David Walser</B>
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<I>Wed Mar 6 17:27:06 CET 2013</I>
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<PRE>David Walser <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">luigiwalser at ...</A>> writes:
><i> OpenSuSE issued an advisory for PackageKit, because when systems were
</I>configured to allow regular users
><i> to install security updates, they also had the ability to install *older*
</I>updates than the newest,
><i> reintroducing security issues into the system.
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</I>><i> Does PackageKit in Mageia, or even our own rpmdrake tool which can be
</I>configured to allow users to install
><i> updates, have an issue with this?
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</I>><i> References:
</I>><i> <A HREF="http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00006.html">http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00006.html</A>
</I>><i> <A HREF="https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804983">https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804983</A>
</I>><i> <A HREF="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1764">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1764</A>
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It doesn't appear to me that our tools will let regular users install older
package versions.
As for PackageKit, I have no idea. Could someone lend some insight on this?
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