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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-19788: polkit: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-19788: polkit: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/03/2018
Created
08/17/2019
Added
08/16/2019
Modified
11/27/2024

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)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-auth-polkit

References

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