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CVE-2018-1116

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.

  • Published: Jul 10, 2018
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2018-1116
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.4
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 12.04 12.04.x
polkit_project / polkit - 0.115