CVE-2008-1658: 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…

PriorityP417medium4.6CVSS 2.0

AVLACLAuNCPIPAP

EPSS

0.68%

47.6th percentile

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.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	policykit-1	< policykit-1 0.8-1 (bookworm)	policykit-1 0.8-1 (bookworm)
freedesktop	policykit	<= 0.7	—
freedesktop	policykit	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv4.6MEDIUM

vendor_debian4.6MEDIUM

vendor_redhat4.6MEDIUM

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