CVE-2018-1116

gir1.2-polkit-1.0: A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116

CVE-2018-1116 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1, released July 9, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0120
68th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
gir1.2-polkit-1.0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 9, 2018
libpolkit-agent-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 9, 2018
libpolkit-backend-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 9, 2018
libpolkit-gobject-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 9, 2018
policykit-1 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 policykit-1 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 9, 2018

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