| Name | CVE-2015-4625 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 796134 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| policykit-1 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.105-15~deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.105-18+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.105-25+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 0.105-31+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 122-3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 125-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| policykit-1 | source | experimental | 0.113-1 | |||
| policykit-1 | source | jessie | 0.105-15~deb8u1 | |||
| policykit-1 | source | (unstable) | 0.105-12 | low | 796134 |
[wheezy] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000425.html
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90837
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90832
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=ea544ffc18405237ccd95d28d7f45afef49aca17
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=493aa5dc1d278ab9097110c1262f5229bbaf1766
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=fb5076b7c05d01a532d593a4079a29cf2d63a228