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Medium
CVE-2019-6133
In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/c898fdf4b1aafaa04f8ada9d73d77c8bb76e2f81
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-2/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0230
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-2/
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/merge_requests/19
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1692
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0420
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106537
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-1/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22715344
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0832
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00049.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-2/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2699
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2978
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Affected Vendor
polkit project
View all reports →Affected Software
polkit, debian linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0.115, 8.0, 7.0, 6.0, 7.6, 6.6, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 11th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.