VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.68%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.68%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.68% probability · 50th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- freedesktop/policykit
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
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/29755Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702Patch
- 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/29755Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702Patch
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.