CVE-2008-1658
First published: Fri Apr 11 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@ubuntu.com security@ubuntu.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Freedesktop Policykit | <=0.7 | |
| Freedesktop Policykit | =0.6 |
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Reference Links
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
- 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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
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- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/freedesktop
- canonical/freedesktop policykit
- version/freedesktop policykit/0.7
- version/freedesktop policykit/0.6