medium4.6
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 …
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Freedesktop | Policykit | through 0.7 Version 0.6 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
- 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
- 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
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
- 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