Missing Authorization Affecting polkit-devel package, versions <0:0.112-26.0.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-POLKITDEVEL-2549119
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Jul 2018

Introduced: 10 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-1116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 polkit-devel to version 0:0.112-26.0.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1135.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polkit-devel package and not the polkit-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1