CVE-2019-6133

Summary

CVECVE-2019-6133
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-11 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Polkit Project Polkit 0.115 All All All
Application Polkit Project Polkit 0.115 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1914-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1799-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
1692 - project-zero - Project Zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1799-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3903-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3908-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3901-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3901-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3908-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3903-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
backend: Compare PolkitUnixProcess uids for temporary authorizations (!19) · Merge Requests · polkit / polkit · GitLab MISC gitlab.freedesktop.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3934-2: PolicyKit vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Merge branch 'uid-compare' into 'master' (c898fdf4) · Commits · polkit / polkit · GitLab MISC gitlab.freedesktop.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3934-1: PolicyKit vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
PolicyKit CVE-2019-6133 Unauthorized Access Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3910-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3910-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1644-1] policykit-1 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K22715344 CONFIRM support.f5.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377154 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for polkit (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0004)
  • 377174 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for polkit (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0013)
  • 378305 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for polkit-docs (VZLSA-2019:0420)
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