CVE-2018-19788

gir1.2-polkit-1.0: A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully e...

CVE-2018-19788 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4, released December 2, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.1158
96th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
gir1.2-polkit-1.0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 Dec 2, 2018
libpolkit-agent-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 Dec 2, 2018
libpolkit-backend-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 Dec 2, 2018
libpolkit-gobject-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 Dec 2, 2018
policykit-1 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 policykit-1 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.4 Dec 2, 2018

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