UbuntuUSN-3861-2PolicyKit vulnerability
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
9 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.6%
Releases
- Ubuntu 12.04
Packages
- policykit-1 - framework for managing administrative policies and privileges
Details
USN-3861-1 fixed a vulnerability in PolicyKit. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain large user
UIDs. A local attacker with a large UID could possibly use this issue to
perform privileged actions.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | policykit-1 | < 0.104-1ubuntu1.4 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | libpolkit-backend-1-0 | < 0.104-1ubuntu1.4 | UNKNOWN |
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8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
9 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.6%