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CVE-2018-1116

Published: Jul 10, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

4.7

MEDIUM

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN]	polkit	affected `polkit 0.116`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[debian-lts-announce] 20180728 [SECURITY] [DLA-1448-1] policykit-1 security update

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

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