RedHat polkit CVE-2018-19788 Input Validation Bypass Vulnerability

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.

Affected Applications

polkit

CVE References

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