Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 33.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
- 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
Products affected by CVE-2008-1658
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:policykit:*
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:policykit:0.6