Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Updated policykit package fixes format string vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDVSA-2008:087 | First vendor Publication | 2008-04-16 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2008-04-16 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A format string vulnerability in the grant helper, 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. The updated package has been patched to correct this issue. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-134 | Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for policykit MDVSA-2008:087 (policykit) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_087.nasl |
| 2009-02-16 | Name : Fedora Update for PolicyKit FEDORA-2008-2987 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2987_PolicyKit_fc8.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 44278 | PolicyKit Password Handling Local Format String |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-087.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-04-11 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-2987.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:39:21 |
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