[ MDVSA-2008:087 ] - Updated policykit package fixes format string vulnerability
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:087
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : policykit
Date : April 16, 2008
Affected: 2008.1
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Problem Description:
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.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1658
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
aa8e182bb5e5d8fe952cfab4c62bf055
2008.1/i586/libpolkit2-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
2c2de3341fd2e7b0181215c49b373953
2008.1/i586/libpolkit-devel-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
54bc0d67f70ada707da9ac5d35ac6f8a
2008.1/i586/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
864e3c1f5c99ad74a284fe3f35964515
2008.1/i586/policykit-docs-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
e19c68b55d06d4ad8a00a9c82e38e3fa
2008.1/SRPMS/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
79e9c91841bf90f09fd7184050164bfe
2008.1/x86_64/lib64polkit2-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
3bb998cc6595c0f70c47cb22f411962b
2008.1/x86_64/lib64polkit-devel-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
16ede4d785e987f5e65361570d80bcdc
2008.1/x86_64/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
c114e50ab7f564a281ddd1096dbde53c
2008.1/x86_64/policykit-docs-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
e19c68b55d06d4ad8a00a9c82e38e3fa
2008.1/SRPMS/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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