CVE-2015-4625 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Project Polkit

CWE-189CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure9 documents8 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Polkit Project PolkitFedoraproject FedoraOpensuse
Timeline
PublishedOct 26
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

Also affects: Fedora 21, 22

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-m24q-4952-3p5h: Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-4625: Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0↗2015-10-26
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CVEList
CVE-2015-4625: Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0↗2015-10-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
PolicyKit vulnerabilities↗2018-07-16
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Red Hat
polkit: potential information disclosure vulnerability due to cookie counter wrapping↗2015-05-29
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Debian
CVE-2015-4625: policykit-1 - Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (a...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4625 polkit: potential information disclosure vulnerability due to cookie counter wrapping [fedora-all]↗2015-06-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4625 polkit: potential information disclosure vulnerability due to cookie counter wrapping↗2015-06-19
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CVE-2015-4625 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound | cvebase