Improper Input Validation Affecting policykit-1 package, versions <0.105-18+deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-POLICYKIT1-318629
  • published3 Dec 2018
  • disclosed3 Dec 2018

Introduced: 3 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 policykit-1 to version 0.105-18+deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream policykit-1 package and not the policykit-1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 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.