Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Jul 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1116
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.
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Affected products
8- Range: <0.116
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/polkit&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 0.118-7.2+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.118-7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.114-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.9.1
Patches
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References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
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