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CVE-2018-19788

Public on 2018-12-03
Modified on 2019-10-23
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core polkit 2019-10-21 18:01 ALAS2-2019-1331

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H