CVE-2008-1658
Published: 11 April 2008
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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policykit Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Pending
(0.8)
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dapper |
Does not exist
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edgy |
Does not exist
|
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feisty |
Does not exist
|
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gutsy |
Does not exist
|
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hardy |
Released
(0.7-2ubuntu6)
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Patches: upstream: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7 |