CVE-ID

CVE-2008-1658

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Description
Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) 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.
References
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Assigning CNA
Canonical Ltd.
Date Record Created
20080402 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080402)
Votes (Legacy)
Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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