CVE-2015-4625
N/A
Published: October 26, 2015 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:27 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraopenSUSEPolkit
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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