4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.0%
Issue Overview:
A vulnerability was found in polkit. When authentication is performed by a non-root user to perform an administrative task, the authentication is temporarily cached in such a way that a local attacker could impersonate the authorized process, thus gaining access to elevated privileges.(CVE-2019-6133)
Affected Packages:
polkit
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update polkit to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
polkit-0.112-18.amzn2.1.aarch64
polkit-devel-0.112-18.amzn2.1.aarch64
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.amzn2.1.aarch64
i686:
polkit-0.112-18.amzn2.1.i686
polkit-devel-0.112-18.amzn2.1.i686
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.amzn2.1.i686
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-18.amzn2.1.noarch
src:
polkit-0.112-18.amzn2.1.src
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-18.amzn2.1.x86_64
polkit-devel-0.112-18.amzn2.1.x86_64
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.amzn2.1.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2019-6133
Mitre: CVE-2019-6133
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | polkit | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-0.112-18.amzn2.1.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | polkit-devel | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-devel-0.112-18.amzn2.1.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | polkit-debuginfo | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.amzn2.1.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | polkit | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-0.112-18.amzn2.1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | polkit-devel | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-devel-0.112-18.amzn2.1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | polkit-debuginfo | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.amzn2.1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | polkit-docs | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-docs-0.112-18.amzn2.1.noarch.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | polkit | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-0.112-18.amzn2.1.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | polkit-devel | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-devel-0.112-18.amzn2.1.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | polkit-debuginfo | < 0.112-18.amzn2.1 | polkit-debuginfo-0.112-18.amzn2.1.x86_64.rpm |
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.0%