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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-19788) ELSA-2019-2046: polkit security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-19788) ELSA-2019-2046: polkit security and bug fix update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/03/2018
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
07/21/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-polkit
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-polkit-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-polkit-docs

References

  • ELSA-2019-2046
  • USN-3861-1
  • USN-3861-2
  • DSA-4350
  • CVE-2018-19788

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