Vulnerability in Freedesktop Policykit
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.
EPSS: 0.007 (48.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Freedesktop Policykit — versions 0.6
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@ubuntu.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@ubuntu.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- security@ubuntu.com (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@ubuntu.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- security@ubuntu.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)