CVE-2015-4625 (GCVE-0-2015-4625)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-26 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public ?
2015-05-29 00:00
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