vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2019-6133: linux, policykit-1 -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 11, 2019 | Feb 14, 2019 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 11, 2019
Added
Feb 14, 2019
Modified
Aug 15, 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
debian-upgrade-linuxdebian-upgrade-policykit-1
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