{
  "cveId": "CVE-2019-6133",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6133",
  "summary": "CVE-2019-6133 is fixed in 8 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5, released January 10, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "pkexec: In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the \u0022start time\u0022 protection mechanism canbe bypassed because fork() is not atomic, a...",
  "description": "In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the \u0022start time\u0022 protection mechanism canbe bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorizationdecisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking inpolkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.",
  "published": "2019-01-10T16:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Medium",
  "epss": 0.00446,
  "epssPercentile": 0.39021,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
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      "product": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "fix": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-gir1.2-polkit-1.0-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "released": "2019-01-10T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.105-25",
      "fix": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-25",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-gir1.2-polkit-1.0-0.105-25",
      "released": "2019-01-11T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
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      "product": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky)",
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      "fix": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-25",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-plucky-gir1.2-polkit-1.0-0.105-25",
      "released": "2019-01-11T00:00:00Z"
    },
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      "product": "libpolkit-agent-1-0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
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      "fix": "libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpolkit-agent-1-0-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "released": "2019-01-10T16:00:00Z"
    },
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      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-libpolkit-agent-1-0-0.105-25",
      "released": "2019-01-11T00:00:00Z"
    },
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      "product": "libpolkit-agent-1-0",
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      "fix": "libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-25",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-plucky-libpolkit-agent-1-0-0.105-25",
      "released": "2019-01-11T00:00:00Z"
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      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libpolkit-backend-1-0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
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      "fix": "libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpolkit-backend-1-0-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "released": "2019-01-10T16:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libpolkit-gobject-1-0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
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      "fix": "libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpolkit-gobject-1-0-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.5",
      "released": "2019-01-10T16:00:00Z"
    },
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  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T13:06:02Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
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