CVE-2008-1658 (GCVE-0-2008-1658)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-04-11 10:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.com http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
security@ubuntu.com http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
security@ubuntu.com http://secunia.com/advisories/29755 Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
security@ubuntu.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702 Patch
security@ubuntu.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
security@ubuntu.com https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
security@ubuntu.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
security@ubuntu.com https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/29755 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
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