CVE Vulnerability

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.

9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

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

References
Link Resource
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74 Exploit Patch
https://bugs.debian.org/915332 Issue Tracking Mailing List
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

cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-12-03 06:29

Updated : 2019-08-06 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-19788

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19788

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-20