CVE-2011-0703

In gksu-polkit before 0.0.3, the source file for xauth may contain arbitrary commands that may allow an attacker to overtake an administrator X11 session...

CVE-2011-0703

The CVE-2011-0703 issue affects gksu-polkit prior to 0.0.3, where the xauth source file may contain arbitrary commands. This could allow an attacker to take over an administrator X11 session. Connected sources corroborate the same description (gksu-polkit

systemd security, bug fix, and enhancement update

239-18.0.1 - fix netdev is missing for iscsi entry in /etc/fstab [email protected] Orabug: 25897792 - set 'RemoveIPC=no' in logind.conf as default for OL7.2 Orabug: 22224874 - allow dm remove ioctl to co-operate with UEK3 Vaughan Cao Orabug: 18467469 - add hv dynamic memory support Jerry...

EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : polkit (EulerOS-SA-2019-2223)

According to the versions of the polkit packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkitbackendinteractiveauthoritycheckauthorizatio n function in...

RHEL 7 : polkit (RHSA-2019:3232)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3232 advisory. The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privilege...

polkit: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to authentication bypass

A flaw was found in PolicyKit aka polkit 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INTMAX to successfully execute any systemctl command...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update

An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Amazon Linux 2 : polkit (ALAS-2019-1331)

A flaw was found in PolicyKit aka polkit 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INTMAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.CVE-2018-19788 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisor...

Critical Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2019-3.0-0036

Updates of 'oniguruma', 'u-boot', 'etcd', 'systemd', 'gdb', 'sysstat', 'linux-aws', 'lua', 'polkit', 'linux', 'dbus', 'git', 'sqlite', 'linux-secure', 'linux-esx', 'rsyslog', 'python3', 'libgcrypt' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Linux Polkit - pkexec helper PTRACE_TRACEME local root (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Linux Polkit pkexec helper PTRACETRACEME local root exploit', 'Description' = %q This module exploits an issue in ptracelink in kernel/ptrace.c...

Critical Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2019-0036

Updates of 'sysstat', 'gdb', 'rsyslog', 'polkit', 'sqlite', 'dbus', 'python3', 'etcd', 'lua', 'u-boot', 'libgcrypt', 'git', 'linux-esx', 'systemd', 'linux', 'linux-secure', 'linux-aws', 'oniguruma' packages of Photon OS have been released...

Linux Polkit pkexec Helper PTRACE_TRACEME Local Root Exploit

This Metasploit module exploits an issue in ptracelink in kernel/ptrace.c before Linux kernel 5.1.17. This issue can be exploited from a Linux desktop terminal, but not over an SSH session, as it requires execution from within the context of a user with an active Polkit agent. In the Linux kernel...

Linux Polkit pkexec Helper PTRACE_TRACEME Local Root

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Linux Polkit pkexec helper PTRACETRACEME local root exploit', 'Description' = %q This module exploits an issue in ptracelink in kernel/ptrace.c...

Medium: polkit

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in PolicyKit aka polkit 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INTMAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.CVE-2018-19788 Affected Packages: polkit Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Core repository. Visit this FAQ section f...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : polkit Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0207)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has polkit packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - A flaw was found in PolicyKit aka polkit 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INTMAX to successfully execute any systemctl command. CVE-2018-1978...

CVE-2019-6133

A vulnerability was found in polkit. When authentication is performed by a non-root user to perform an administrative task, the authentication is temporarily cached in such a way that a local attacker could impersonate the authorized process, thus gaining access to elevated privileges...

RHEL 7 : polkit (RHSA-2019:2978)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2978 advisory. The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privilege...

polkit: Temporary auth hijacking via PID reuse and non-atomic fork

A vulnerability was found in polkit. When authentication is performed by a non-root user to perform an administrative task, the authentication is temporarily cached in such a way that a local attacker could impersonate the authorized process, thus gaining access to elevated privileges...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update

An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Fedora 31 : systemd (2019-d5bd5f0aa4)

Update to latest release - Emission of Session property-changed notifications from logind is fixed this was breaking the switching of sessions to and from gnome. - Security issue: unprivileged users were allowed to change DNS servers configured in systemd-resolved. Now proper polkit authorization...