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.
Published: 2015-10-26
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-4644 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3717-1 PolicyKit vulnerabilities
History

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Fedoraproject Fedora
Opensuse Opensuse
Polkit Project Polkit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:18:12.015Z

Reserved: 2015-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4625

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-26T19:59:05.733

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-4625

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4625 - Bugzilla

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