CVE-2008-1658

N/A Unknown

Published: April 11, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/29755

Source: security@ubuntu.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702

Source: security@ubuntu.com

Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254

Source: security@ubuntu.com

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037

Source: security@ubuntu.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877

Source: security@ubuntu.com

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295