4.6

CVE-2008-1658

Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Freedesktop ≫ Policykit Version <= 0.7
Freedesktop ≫ Policykit Version0.6
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.68% 0.474
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 4.6 3.9 6.4
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
http://secunia.com/advisories/29755
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html