Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201811160000000
Revision Date:2018-07-10Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-1116 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-1116
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND policykit-1 package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1').
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