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CVE-2019-6133

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Published: Jan 11, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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6.7
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.

Affected (17)

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Polkit Project: Polkit · Debian: Debian Linux · Redhat: Enterprise Linux Desktop, Enterprise Linux Server, Enterprise Linux Server Aus, Enterprise Linux Server Eus, Enterprise Linux Server Tus, Enterprise Linux Workstation · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux
Polkit Project
1 product
Polkit
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Redhat
6 products
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Enterprise Linux Server
Enterprise Linux Server Aus
Enterprise Linux Server Eus
Enterprise Linux Server Tus
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Canonical
1 product
Ubuntu Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Polkit
Version 0.115
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 8.0
Configuration C
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Version 7.0
Enterprise Linux Server
Version 7.0
Enterprise Linux Server Aus
Version 7.6
Enterprise Linux Server Eus
Version 7.6
Enterprise Linux Server Tus
Version 7.6
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Version 7.0
Configuration D
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Version 6.0
Enterprise Linux Server
Version 6.0
Enterprise Linux Server Aus
Version 6.6
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Version 6.0
Configuration E
5 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Canonical
Ubuntu Linux
Version 12.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 14.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 16.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 18.04
Ubuntu Linux
Version 18.10

Related CWEs

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

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