Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | polkit security and bug fix update |
Informations | |||
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Name | RHSA-2019:2046 | First vendor Publication | 2019-08-06 |
Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2019-08-06 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 9 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8 | Authentication | Requires single instance |
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Detail
Problem Description: An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 3. Description: 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. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1655925 - CVE-2018-19788 polkit: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to authentication bypass |
Original Source
Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019-2046.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
Os | 5 | |
Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-2f8696869e.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-4ac3c68ee4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-12-07 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-4350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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