FKIE_CVE-2015-4625

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-10-26 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:27
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 21
fedoraproject fedora 22
opensuse opensuse 13.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
polkit_project polkit *
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