CVE-2015-4625
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Integer 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.
Affected configurations
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html
lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21
www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%