Improper Authentication Affecting polkit-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
11.48% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-POLKITDEVEL-1996459
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Dec 2018

Introduced: 3 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (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.