CVE-2018-1116
4.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| [UNKNOWN] | polkit | polkit 0.116 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-285: CWE-285
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
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