VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/opensuse · polkit project/polkit
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.