| Name | CVE-2018-19788 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1644-1, DSA-4350-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 915332 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| policykit-1 (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 0.105-31+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 122-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 125-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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