CVE-2018-19788

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.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/915332	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::

Information

Published : 2018-12-02 22:29

Updated : 2019-08-06 10:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-19788

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19788

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

polkit_project

polkit

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