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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4350-1 policykit-1 -- security update

Date Reported:

06 Dec 2018

Affected Packages:

policykit-1

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 915332.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-19788.

More information:

It was discovered that incorrect processing of very high UIDs in Policykit, a framework for managing administrative policies and privileges, could result in authentication bypass.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.105-18+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your policykit-1 packages.

For the detailed security status of policykit-1 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/policykit-1