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In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decis...
CVE-2019-6133
First seen on SecPulse
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6133 linux Fixed in: 4.19.16-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6133 linux Fixed in: 3.13.0-166.216
Original description The description as published by the source.
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.
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory support.f5.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- patch git.kernel.org
- patch gitlab.freedesktop.org
- patch gitlab.freedesktop.org
- report bugs.chromium.org
- web lists.opensuse.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web usn.ubuntu.com