Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting polkit-docs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-POLKITDOCS-1341601
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 May 2015

Introduced: 29 May 2015

CVE-2015-4625  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 polkit-docs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polkit-docs package and not the polkit-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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