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Improper Input Validation Affecting policykit-1 package, versions <0.105-15~deb8u4

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.74% (81st percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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SUSE
5.6 medium
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Red Hat
7 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-POLICYKIT1-318628
  • published 3 Dec 2018
  • disclosed 3 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 3 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19788 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 policykit-1 to version 0.105-15~deb8u4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream policykit-1 package and not the policykit-1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.