CVE-2015-4625

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4625
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-26 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of connections, which triggers the issuance of a duplicate cookie value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Polkit Project Polkit All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: polkit-0.113-4.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - CVE request for polkit MLIST www.openwall.com
PolicyKit CVE-2015-4625 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for polkit MLIST www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1927-1: moderate: Security update for polkit SUSE lists.opensuse.org
PolicyKit Bugs Let Local Users Deny Service or Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: polkit-0.113-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request for polkit MLIST www.openwall.com
Agent Authentication Question MLIST lists.freedesktop.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1734-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
polkit-0.113 released MLIST lists.freedesktop.org
Agent Authentication Question MLIST lists.freedesktop.org
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