The polkit is vulnerable memory leaks. The attack is possible because it performs an improper authorization in the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization
function in polkitd
.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
polkit | eq | 0.112__18.el7_6.1 | |
polkit | eq | 0.112__22.el7 | |
polkit | eq | 0.112__22.el7_7.1 | |
polkit | eq | 0.112__18.el7 |
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes/index
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1135
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1753037
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116
cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/