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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1644-1] policykit-1 security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Two vulnerabilities were found in Policykit, a framework for managing administrative policies and privileges: CVE-2018-19788 It was discovered that incorrect processing of very high UIDs in Policykit could result in authentication bypass. CVE-2019-6133 Jann Horn of Google found that Policykit doesn't properly check if a process is already authenticated, which can lead to an authentication reuse by a different user.
Affected Software
Affected Software
policykit-1 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 0.105-15~deb8u4. We recommend that you upgrade your policykit-1 packages.