Vulnerability in Polkit Project
CVE-2015-4625
Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of connections, which triggers the issuance of a duplicate cookie value.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Polkit Project
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 21, 22
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1 (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3 (mailing-list)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html (mailing-list)