CVE-2018-1116

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    CVE-2018-1116

    Published: 10 Jul 2018Last Modified: 20 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116, https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -b0a5d0f1a5b835819da630a6d27ed89dd4d7f464

    Affected versions

    0.114

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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