CVE-2008-1658
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 11, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 2, 2008
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
- MDVSA-2008:087vendor-advisory
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
- policykit-granthelper-format-string(41877)vdb-entry
- 28702vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-2987vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-1254vdb-entry
- 29755third-party-advisory
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