Upstream information

CVE-2008-1658 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 375832 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • PolicyKit-devel >= 0.9-14.43.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA PolicyKit-devel-0.9-14.43.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • PolicyKit >= 0.9-14.34.9
  • PolicyKit-32bit >= 0.9-14.34.9
  • PolicyKit-doc >= 0.9-14.34.11
  • PolicyKit-x86 >= 0.9-14.34.9
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA PolicyKit-0.9-14.34.9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • PolicyKit >= 0.9-14.39.1
  • PolicyKit-32bit >= 0.9-14.39.1
  • PolicyKit-doc >= 0.9-14.39.2
  • PolicyKit-x86 >= 0.9-14.39.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA PolicyKit-0.9-14.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • PolicyKit >= 0.9-14.41.1
  • PolicyKit-32bit >= 0.9-14.41.1
  • PolicyKit-doc >= 0.9-14.39.2
  • PolicyKit-x86 >= 0.9-14.41.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA PolicyKit-0.9-14.41.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • PolicyKit >= 0.9-14.43.1
  • PolicyKit-32bit >= 0.9-14.43.1
  • PolicyKit-devel >= 0.9-14.43.1
  • PolicyKit-doc >= 0.9-14.43.1
  • PolicyKit-x86 >= 0.9-14.43.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA PolicyKit-0.9-14.43.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA PolicyKit-devel-0.9-14.43.1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:39:35 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:16 2025