CVE-2018-1116 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Reference

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116 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 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

4.4