CVE-2018-1116

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1116
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1116.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-1116
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-07-10T19:29:00.290Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:52:11.717499721Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkitbackendinteractiveauthoritycheck_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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.04"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
b0a5d0f1a5b835819da630a6d27ed89dd4d7f464
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.115"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.100
0.101
0.102
0.103
0.104
0.105
0.106
0.107
0.108
0.109
0.110
0.111
0.112
0.113
0.114
0.91
0.92
0.93
0.94
0.95
0.96
0.97
0.98
0.99
Other
POLICY_KIT_0_3
POLICY_KIT_0_4
POLICY_KIT_0_5
POLICY_KIT_0_6
POLICY_KIT_0_7
POLICY_KIT_0_8
POLICY_KIT_0_9
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Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1116.json"