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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Information
Published : 2019-01-11 06:29
Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37
NVD link : CVE-2019-6133
Mitre link : CVE-2019-6133
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CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server_tus
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_server
polkit_project
- polkit
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
debian
- debian_linux