Executive Summary
| Summary | |
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| Title | policykit-desktop-privileges update |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | USN-4037-1 | First vendor Publication | 2019-06-25 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2019-06-25 |
| 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
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| Cvss Base Score | N/A | Attack Range | N/A |
| Cvss Impact Score | N/A | Attack Complexity | N/A |
| Cvss Expoit Score | N/A | Authentication | N/A |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 19.04 - Ubuntu 18.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: A security improvement has been made to policykit-desktop-privileges. Software Description: - policykit-desktop-privileges: run common desktop actions without password Details: The policykit-desktop-privileges Startup Disk Creator policy allowed administrative users to overwrite disks. As a security improvement, this operation now requires authentication. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: Ubuntu 18.10: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop-privileges/0.20ubuntu19.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop-privileges/0.20ubuntu18.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop-privileges/0.20ubuntu18.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop-privileges/0.20ubuntu16.04.1 |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4037-1 |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2020-03-19 13:20:11 |
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