CVE-2018-19788

NameCVE-2018-19788
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1644-1, DSA-4350-1
Debian Bugs915332

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
policykit-1 (PTS)buster, buster (security)0.105-25+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye0.105-31+deb11u1fixed
bookworm122-3fixed
trixie124-1fixed
sid124-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
policykit-1sourcejessie0.105-15~deb8u4DLA-1644-1
policykit-1sourcestretch0.105-18+deb9u1DSA-4350-1
policykit-1source(unstable)0.105-23915332

Notes

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/merge_requests/14
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/2cb40c4d5feeaa09325522bd7d97910f1b59e379
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/b534a10727455409acd54018a9c91000e7626126

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