| Name | CVE-2018-1106 |
| Description | An authentication bypass flaw has been found in PackageKit before 1.1.10 that allows users without administrator privileges to install signed packages. A local attacker can use this vulnerability to install vulnerable packages to further compromise a system. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4207-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 896703 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| packagekit (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.0.1-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.1.5-2+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1.1.12-5 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.2.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.6-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.3.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - packagekit <not-affected> (Issue introduced later)
[wheezy] - packagekit <not-affected> (Issue introduced later)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/23/3
Fixed by: https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit/commit/7e8a7905ea9abbd1f384f05f36a4458682cd4697 (PACKAGEKIT_1_1_10)
Introduced by: https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit/commit/f176976e24e8c17b80eff222572275517c16bdad
Resulting affected (upstream) versions: >= 1.0.10 up until current 1.1.9