Low: polkit

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2018-1116)

Affected Packages:

polkit

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update polkit to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.aarch64  
    polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.aarch64  
    polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.i686  
    polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.i686  
    polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.i686  
  
noarch:  
    polkit-docs-0.112-26.amzn2.noarch  
  
src:  
    polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.x86_64  
    polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.x86_64  
    polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-1116

Mitre: CVE-2018-1116