| Name | CVE-2018-1116 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1448-1 |
| NVD severity | low (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 903563 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| policykit-1 (PTS) | jessie | 0.105-15~deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 0.105-15~deb8u4 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 0.105-18+deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 0.105-25 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 0.105-26 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| policykit-1 | source | (unstable) | 0.105-21 | low | 903563 | |
| policykit-1 | source | jessie | 0.105-15~deb8u3 | low | DLA-1448-1 |
[stretch] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed via point release)
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad53643a9c80231fc41f5582d6a8931c32c
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2018-July/000583.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099031