CVE-2019-6133
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| polkit_project / polkit | 0.115 | 0.115.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.6 | 7.6.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.6 | 7.6.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.6 | 7.6.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_aus | 6.6 | 6.6.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | 16.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | 18.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 18.10 | 18.10.x |
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00049.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106537
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0230
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0420
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0832
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2699
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2978
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1692
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/c898fdf4b1aafaa04f8ada9d73d77c8bb76e2f81
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/merge_requests/19
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22715344
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-2/
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