usn-3717-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-07-16 15:17
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
policykit-1 vulnerabilities
Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain invalid object paths. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3218)

It was discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain duplicate action IDs. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3255)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled duplicate cookie values. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-4625)

Matthias Gerstner discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly checked users. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause authentication dialogs to show up for other users, leading to a denial of service or an information leak. (CVE-2018-1116)

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  "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",
  "id": "USN-3717-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
  "published": "2018-07-16T15:17:18Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3717-1"
    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4625"
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "policykit-1 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3218",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3255",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4625",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1116"
  ]
}



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