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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-07-10T19:00:00

Updated: 2019-08-15T17:06:10

Reserved: 2017-12-04T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-1116

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-07-10T19:29:00.290

Modified: 2020-05-05T16:05:23.867


Link: CVE-2018-1116

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