In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1644-1 policykit-1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1799-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1799-2 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-15700 In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3901-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3901-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3903-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3903-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3908-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3908-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3910-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3910-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3934-1 PolicyKit vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3934-2 PolicyKit vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:16:23.781Z

Reserved: 2019-01-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-6133

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-11T14:29:00.390

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:46:00.397

Link: CVE-2019-6133

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-01-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-6133 - Bugzilla

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