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<patchinfo incident="6684"> <issue id="1032717" tracker="bnc">VUL-0: CVE-2017-7572: backintime: usage of deprecated unix-process polkit authorization subject opens a race condition during authorization</issue> <issue id="1007723" tracker="bnc">AUDIT-0: backintime: DBus service helper security review</issue> <issue id="2017-7572" tracker="cve" /> <category>security</category> <rating>moderate</rating> <packager>MasterPatricko</packager> <description> This update for backintime to version 1.1.20 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-7572: The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in backintime used a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use) (bsc#1032717). - Don't store passwords given to polkit helper - boo#1007723: General security hardening measures These non-security issues were fixed: - Delete udev configuration files on uninstall - Merge doc subpackage into main package </description> <summary>Security update for backintime</summary> </patchinfo>