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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

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
policykit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Pending
(0.8)
dapper Does not exist

edgy Does not exist

feisty Does not exist

gutsy Does not exist

hardy
Released (0.7-2ubuntu6)
Patches:
upstream: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7