CVE-2018-1116
Published: 10 July 2018
A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 4.4
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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policykit-1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(0.105-21)
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1)
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1)
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2)
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Patches: Upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad53643a9c80231fc41f5582d6a8931c32c |
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