CVE-2018-19788: polkit: Improper handling of uid
Bug #1849202 reported by
Bruce Jones
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
StarlingX |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Jim Somerville |
Bug Description
CVE-2018-19788
status : fixed
cvss2Score : 9
Attack Vector: N
Access Complexity : L
Autentication: S
Availability Impact :C
Affected packages:
['polkit']
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.
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CVE References
tags: | added: stx.security |
Changed in starlingx: | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
tags: | added: stx.3.0 |
Changed in starlingx: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in starlingx: | |
assignee: | nobody → Cindy Xie (xxie1) |
Changed in starlingx: | |
assignee: | Cindy Xie (xxie1) → Jim Somerville (jsomervi) |
information type: | Private Security → Public Security |
tags: | added: in-r-stx20 |
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This CVE meets the fix criteria for StarlingX. Therefore, it needs to be fixed in master for stx.3.0 and then cherry-picked to r/stx.2.0.