vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2019-6133: Important: polkit security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 11, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 11, 2019
Added
Feb 1, 2019
Modified
Jan 28, 2025
Description
In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-polkitredhat-upgrade-polkit-debuginforedhat-upgrade-polkit-desktop-policyredhat-upgrade-polkit-develredhat-upgrade-polkit-docs
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