Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-3634-1

USN-3634-1: PackageKit vulnerability

Publication date

24 April 2018

Overview

PackageKit could be made to install or run programs as an administrator.

Releases

17.10

Packages

packagekit - Provides a package management service

Details

Matthias Gerstner discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled
authentication. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to install
arbitrary packages and escalate privileges.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
17.10 artful	packagekit – 1.1.7-1ubuntu0.1

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References

CVE-2018-1106

CVE-2018-1106