Vulnerability CVE-2015-4625
Published: 2015-10-26

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Polkit project -> Polkit 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> Opensuse 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
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