CVE-2018-19788 Information

Description

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 Vector

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

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232 https://bugs.debian.org/915332 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8