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Missing Authorization Affecting policykit-1 package, versions <0.105-15~deb8u3

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.07% (28th percentile)
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NVD
4.4 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
4.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-POLICYKIT1-318671
  • published 22 Jul 2018
  • disclosed 10 Jul 2018
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Introduced: 10 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-1116 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-862 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-285 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 policykit-1 to version 0.105-15~deb8u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream policykit-1 package and not the policykit-1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.