CVE-2019-6133
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.7)—
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. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.7
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.45%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 37
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (9)
CWE
- CWE-362
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00049.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106537
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0230
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0420
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0832
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2699
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2978
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1692
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/c898fdf4b1aafaa04f8ada9d73d77c8bb76e2f81
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/merge_requests/19
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22715344
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00049.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106537
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0230
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0420
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0832
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2699
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2978
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1692
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/c898fdf4b1aafaa04f8ada9d73d77c8bb76e2f81
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/merge_requests/19
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22715344
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-1/
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- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-2/
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