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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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Debian DLA |
DLA-1644-1 | policykit-1 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4350-1 | policykit-1 security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3861-1 | PolicyKit vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3861-2 | PolicyKit vulnerability |
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Solution
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Workaround
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-29T15:55:31.505Z
Reserved: 2018-12-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-19788
Updated: 2024-08-16T17:02:35.601Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-12-03T06:29:00.243
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:58:33.460
Link: CVE-2018-19788
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN