Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:26885Privilege Escalation
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
policykit-1 is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function allows local users to gain higher privileges by creating a large number of connections that causes issuance of duplicated cookie values.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| policykit-1:trusty | eq | 0.105-4ubuntu2 | |
| policykit-1:trusty | eq | 0.105-4ubuntu2 |
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
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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