Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package policykit-1  (opens in a new tab)


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Exploit Maturity
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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-POLICYKIT1-318631
  • 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)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

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 Ubuntu.

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.