Improper Authentication Affecting polkit-devel package, versions *
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-POLKITDEVEL-1996459
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed3 Dec 2018
Introduced: 3 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-19788 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6 polkit-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polkit-devel package and not the polkit-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19788
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
- https://bugs.debian.org/915332
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/