CentOS ProjectCESA-2019:2046polkit security update
9 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.5%
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2019:2046
The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.
Security Fix(es):
- polkit: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to authentication bypass (CVE-2018-19788)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2019-August/032321.html
Affected packages:
polkit
polkit-devel
polkit-docs
Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | 7 | i686 | polkit | < 0.112-22.el7 | polkit-0.112-22.el7.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | polkit | < 0.112-22.el7 | polkit-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | i686 | polkit-devel | < 0.112-22.el7 | polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | polkit-devel | < 0.112-22.el7 | polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | noarch | polkit-docs | < 0.112-22.el7 | polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7.noarch.rpm |
Related
9 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.5%