Axis Cameras Riddled With Vulnerabilities Enabling “Full Control”

A slew of vulnerabilities in Axis cameras could enable an attacker to access camera video streams, control the camera, add it to a botnet or render it useless. Researchers at VDOO, who disclosed the vulns on Monday, recommended that customers update immediately after finding that more than 400 Ax...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in PolicyKit (polkit) affects PowerKVM (CVE-2015-3256)

Summary PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in PolicyKit polkit. This vulnerability is now fixed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-3256 DESCRIPTION: PolicyKit polkit is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to javascript rule evaluation. A local attacker could...

Race condition

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService.checkpermission call...

CVE-2018-8885

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService.checkpermission call...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3607-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Screen Resolution Extra vulnerability (USN-3607-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3607-1 advisory. It was discovered that Screen Resolution Extra was using PolicyKit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could potentially exploit this issue to bypas...

USN-3607-1 screen-resolution-extra vulnerability

It was discovered that Screen Resolution Extra was using PolicyKit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could potentially exploit this issue to bypass intended PolicyKit authorizations...

USN-3607-1: Screen Resolution Extra vulnerability

It was discovered that Screen Resolution Extra was using PolicyKit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could potentially exploit this issue to bypass intended PolicyKit authorizations...

CVE-2018-8885

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService.checkpermission call...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8885

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService.checkpermission call...

Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a malicious individual to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the policykit-1 package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system may lead to breaches of the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information...

Red Hat PolicyKit pkexec Command Execution Vulnerability

Red Hat PolicyKit is a tool from Red Hat for privilege control of applications on Unix-compatible systems. A security vulnerability exists in the pkexec command in Red Hat PolicyKit 0.113 and earlier versions. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with user...

polkit security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:0189 Updated polkit packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update

Updated polkit packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from...

The vulnerabilities of Fedora and openSUSE operating systems allow attackers to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the authenticationagentnewcookie function in the PolicyKit package of Fedora and openSUSE is related to integer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to increase their privileges by creating a large number of connections, resulting in duplicate cook...

The vulnerability of the OpenSUSE operating system allows a hacker to trigger a service failure or increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of PolicyKit component in the OpenSUSE operating system is related to deficiencies in access control for certain functions. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, operating locally, to cause service failures or increase their privileges...

PolicyKit Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

PolicyKit a.k.a. Polkit is a tool from Red Hat, Inc. for controlling application privileges on Unix-compatible systems. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in versions of PolicyKit prior to 0.113. It allows a local user to gain privileges by repeatedly manipulating Id...

PolicyKit Denial of Service Vulnerability

PolicyKit a.k.a. Polkit is a tool from Red Hat, Inc. for controlling application privileges on Unix-compatible systems. A denial of service vulnerability exists in versions of PolicyKit prior to 0.113. It allows a local user to launch a denial-of-service attack via unspecified vectors to gain...

CVE-2015-4625

Integer overflow in the authenticationagentnewcookie 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...

CVE-2015-4625

Integer overflow in the authenticationagentnewcookie 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...