Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | PolicyKit vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3717-1 | First vendor Publication | 2018-07-16 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2018-07-16 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in PolicyKit. Software Description: - policykit-1: framework for managing administrative policies and privileges Details: Tavis Ormandy discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain invalid object paths. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3218) It was discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain duplicate action IDs. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3255) Tavis Ormandy discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled duplicate cookie values. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-4625) Matthias Gerstner discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly checked users. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause authentication dialogs to show up for other users, leading to a denial of service or an information leak. (CVE-2018-1116) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Ubuntu 17.10: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3717-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 50 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
| 50 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Os | 1 | |
| Os | 1 | |
| Os | 2 | |
| Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-fef8a691a6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-08-02 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-83df5dc658.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-07-30 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-1448.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-15 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201611-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-11 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_631fc042b63611e583ef14dae9d210b8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-20 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-711.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-29 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-1838-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-15 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-655.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-07-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-11743.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-07-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-11058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2018-07-18 09:21:15 |
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| 2018-07-16 21:19:18 |
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