CVE-2008-1658

NameCVE-2008-1658
DescriptionFormat 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs476615, 476616

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
policykit-1 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.105-15~deb8u5fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch0.105-18+deb9u2fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0.105-25+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye0.105-31+deb11u1fixed
bookworm122-3fixed
sid, trixie125-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
policykit-1source(unstable)0.8-1medium476615, 476616
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