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CVE-2018-1116Date: (C)2018-07-11   (M)2023-12-22


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.

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CVSS V3 Severity:CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 4.4CVSS Score : 3.6
Exploit Score: 1.8Exploit Score: 3.9
Impact Score: 2.5Impact Score: 4.9
 
CVSS V3 Metrics:CVSS V2 Metrics:
Attack Vector: LOCALAccess Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOWAccess Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: LOWAuthentication: NONE
User Interaction: NONEConfidentiality: PARTIAL
Scope: UNCHANGEDIntegrity: NONE
Confidentiality: LOWAvailability: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE 
Availability: LOW 
  
Reference:
GLSA-201908-14
USN-3717-2
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

CPE    3
cpe:/a:polkit_project:polkit:-
cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::~~esm~~~
cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
CWE    1
CWE-200
OVAL    15
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:503596
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:704161
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:52935
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:89002539
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