{"id":"USN-3717-1","summary":"policykit-1 vulnerabilities","details":"Tavis Ormandy discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain invalid\nobject paths. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nPolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3218)\n\nIt was discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain duplicate\naction IDs. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PolicyKit to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3255)\n\nTavis Ormandy discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled duplicate\ncookie values. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PolicyKit to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-4625)\n\nMatthias Gerstner discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly checked users. A\nlocal attacker could possibly use this issue to cause authentication\ndialogs to show up for other users, leading to a denial of service or an\ninformation leak. (CVE-2018-1116)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:48:12.746006Z","published":"2018-07-16T15:17:18Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3218","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3255","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4625","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1116"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-3218","CVE-2015-3255","CVE-2015-4625","CVE-2018-1116","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3218","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3255","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4625","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1116"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3717-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3218"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3255"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4625"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1116"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/policykit-1@0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"}]}],"versions":["0.105-3ubuntu3","0.105-4ubuntu1","0.105-4ubuntu2","0.105-4ubuntu2.14.04.1","0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-polkit-1.0","binary_version":"0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-agent-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-backend-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-gobject-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"},{"binary_name":"policykit-1","binary_version":"0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-3218","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2015-3255","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2015-4625","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-1116","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3717-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/policykit-1@0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["0.105-11ubuntu2","0.105-13","0.105-13ubuntu1","0.105-14","0.105-14.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-polkit-1.0","binary_version":"0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-agent-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-backend-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-gobject-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"policykit-1","binary_version":"0.105-14.1ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-1116","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3717-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/policykit-1@0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1"}]}],"versions":["0.105-18","0.105-20"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-polkit-1.0","binary_version":"0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-agent-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-backend-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libpolkit-gobject-1-0","binary_version":"0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1"},{"binary_name":"policykit-1","binary_version":"0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-1116","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3717-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}