Race Condition Affecting screen-resolution-extra package, versions <0.17.1.1~16.04.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-SCREENRESOLUTIONEXTRA-279808
- published28 Mar 2018
- disclosed28 Mar 2018
Introduced: 28 Mar 2018
CVE-2018-8885 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 screen-resolution-extra to version 0.17.1.1~16.04.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream screen-resolution-extra package and not the screen-resolution-extra package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.