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8 CVEs vendor

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CVE-2019-6133 Jan 11, 14:29 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7).

Authentication Bypass Race Condition Debian Red Hat Canonical +10
NVD
CVSS 3.0
6.7
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2018-19788 Dec 03, 06:29 HIGH POC THREAT This Week

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. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Debian Canonical Debian Linux Ubuntu Linux +2
NVD
CVSS 3.0
8.8
EPSS
11.5%
CVE-2018-1116 Jul 10, 19:29 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Authentication Bypass Information Disclosure Debian Canonical Debian Linux +3
NVD
CVSS 3.1
4.4
EPSS
1.2%
CVE-2015-4625 Oct 26, 19:59 MEDIUM This Month

Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of connections, which triggers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Fedora Opensuse Polkit Fedoraproject +1
NVD
CVSS 2.0
4.6
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2015-3256 Oct 26, 19:59 MEDIUM This Month

PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daemon crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Opensuse Polkit +1
NVD
CVSS 2.0
4.6
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2015-3255 Oct 26, 19:59 MEDIUM This Month

The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 might allow local users to gain privileges via duplicate action IDs in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Polkit Polkit Project
NVD
CVSS 2.0
4.6
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2015-3218 Oct 26, 19:59 LOW Monitor

The authentication_agent_new function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Polkit Polkit Project
NVD
CVSS 2.0
2.1
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2013-4288 Oct 03, 21:55 HIGH PATCH This Week

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Authentication Bypass Race Condition Red Hat Canonical Enterprise Linux +4
NVD
CVSS 2.0
7.2
EPSS
0.0%
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7).

Authentication Bypass Race Condition Debian +12
NVD
EPSS 11% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

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. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Debian Canonical +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Authentication Bypass Information Disclosure Debian +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.6
MEDIUM This Month

Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of connections, which triggers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Fedora Opensuse +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.6
MEDIUM This Month

PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daemon crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.6
MEDIUM This Month

The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 might allow local users to gain privileges via duplicate action IDs in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Polkit Polkit Project
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW Monitor

The authentication_agent_new function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Polkit Polkit Project
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Authentication Bypass Race Condition Red Hat +6
NVD

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