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DEBIAN-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 polkit...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 policykit-1

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-21"}]}]

Debian:13 policykit-1

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-21"}]}]

Debian:14 policykit-1

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-21"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org