CVE-2015-4625
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-10-26 19:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-06-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 19e809c3ff4d283ebecb97798bfac4029bc1cbb3aa876ec65549b19bd742050f
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.freedesktop.org[polkit-devel] 20150603 Agent Authentication Questionhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html
- www.securityfocus.com75267http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-11058http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1927http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-11743http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
- lists.freedesktop.org[polkit-devel] 20150702 polkit-0.113 releasedhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150609 Re: CVE request for polkithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1734http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150608 CVE request for polkithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
- lists.freedesktop.org[polkit-devel] 20150529 Agent Authentication Questionhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150616 Re: CVE request for polkithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21
- www.securitytracker.com1035023http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.105-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.105-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.105-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.