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.

Link	Resource
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7	Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29755	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:policykit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:policykit:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-04-11 10:05

Updated : 2017-08-08 01:30

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NVD link : CVE-2008-1658

Mitre link : CVE-2008-1658

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CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String