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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade polkit | Mar 7, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-devel | Apr 27, 2020 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade polkit-debuginfoUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-devel | Aug 28, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade policykit-1 | Dec 7, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-auth/polkit. | Aug 16, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-devel | Jul 23, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-devel | Sep 25, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-docs | Nov 19, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-docs | Jun 27, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade system/library/polkit to version 0.113-11.4.6.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit | Jul 21, 2020 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-devel | Aug 7, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade polkit-docUpgrade libpolkit0Upgrade typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0Upgrade libpolkit0-32bitUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-devel | Dec 29, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade policykit-1Upgrade libpolkit-backend-1-0 | Jan 25, 2019 | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Dec 3, 2018 |
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