AVG-828 log
| Package | polkit |
| Status | Fixed |
| Severity | High |
| Type | privilege escalation |
| Affected | 0.115+3+g8638ec5-1 |
| Fixed | 0.115+24+g5230646-1 |
| Current | 124-2 [extra] |
| Ticket | None |
| Created | Sat Dec 8 22:32:06 2018 |
| Issue | Severity | Remote | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-19788 | High | No | Privilege escalation | A security issue has been found in polkit <= 0.115, where an unprivileged user with a UID > INT_MAX can successfully execute any systemctl command. |
| Date | Advisory | Package | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Jan 2019 | ASA-201901-2 | polkit | privilege escalation |
| References |
|---|
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/198 |