Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | PolicyKit vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | USN-3861-1 | First vendor Publication | 2019-01-16 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2019-01-16 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 9 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8 | Authentication | Requires single instance |
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Detail
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: PolicyKit could allow unintended access. Software Description: - policykit-1: framework for managing administrative policies and privileges Details: It was discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain large user UIDs. A local attacker with a large UID could possibly use this issue to perform privileged actions. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: 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-3861-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
Os | 5 | |
Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-2f8696869e.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-4ac3c68ee4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-12-07 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-4350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
Date | Informations |
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2019-02-05 21:21:51 |
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2019-01-17 17:21:10 |
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2019-01-16 17:18:33 |
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