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Alpine: multiple polkit packages: security update to 0.105-r8

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 406438

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2018-19788)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-19788

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 406438

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19788

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19788