CVE-2018-19788

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19788
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-19788.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-19788
Downstream
ALPINE (1)
DEBIAN (1)
openSUSE (2)
RHSA (2)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (3)
Published
2018-12-03T06:29:00Z
Modified
2026-08-20T03:45:06Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "18.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "18.10"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit
Events
Introduced
b0a5d0f1a5b835819da630a6d27ed89dd4d7f464
Last Affected
b0a5d0f1a5b835819da630a6d27ed89dd4d7f464
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0.115"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "0.115"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.115

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-19788.json"