CVE-2018-1116
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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
- Related
- Published
- 2018-07-10T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2024-10-11T23:50:19.182183Z
- Severity
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- 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
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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.
- References
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- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1116
Affected packages
Debian:11 / policykit-1
Package
- Name
- policykit-1
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source
Debian:12 / policykit-1
Package
- Name
- policykit-1
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source
Debian:13 / policykit-1
Package
- Name
- policykit-1
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source