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Ubuntu: USN-3607-1 (CVE-2018-8885): Screen Resolution Extra vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3607-1 (CVE-2018-8885): Screen Resolution Extra vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/26/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/25/2018
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-screen-resolution-extra

References

  • USN-3607-1
  • CVE-2018-8885

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