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Fedora update for PolicyKit
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29755
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Release Date:
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2008-04-09
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Fedora 8
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1658 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Fedora has issued an update for PolicyKit. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the PolicyKit grant helper. This can be exploited to cause a crash or to bypass authentication.
Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update PolicyKit").
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a Ubuntu bug report.
Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
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