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CVE-2018-19788

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html

https://bugs.debian.org/915332

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-12-03

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.42631