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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-1116: Security patch for polkit (ALAS-2020-1437)

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Severity	CVSS	Published	Added	Modified
4	(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)	Jul 10, 2018	Jun 18, 2020	Sep 30, 2022

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jul 10, 2018

Added

Jun 18, 2020

Modified

Sep 30, 2022

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.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-polkitamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-polkit-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-polkit-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-polkit-docs

References

AMAZON-AL2/ALAS-2020-1437
CVE-2018-1116
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-1116

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