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| Problem Description |
A format string vulnerability in the grant helper, 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.
The updated package has been patched to correct this issue.
| Updated Packages |
Mandriva Linux 2008.1
aa8e182bb5e5d8fe952cfab4c62bf055 2008.1/i586/libpolkit2-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 2c2de3341fd2e7b0181215c49b373953 2008.1/i586/libpolkit-devel-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 54bc0d67f70ada707da9ac5d35ac6f8a 2008.1/i586/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 864e3c1f5c99ad74a284fe3f35964515 2008.1/i586/policykit-docs-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm e19c68b55d06d4ad8a00a9c82e38e3fa 2008.1/SRPMS/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64
79e9c91841bf90f09fd7184050164bfe 2008.1/x86_64/lib64polkit2-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 3bb998cc6595c0f70c47cb22f411962b 2008.1/x86_64/lib64polkit-devel-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 16ede4d785e987f5e65361570d80bcdc 2008.1/x86_64/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm c114e50ab7f564a281ddd1096dbde53c 2008.1/x86_64/policykit-docs-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm e19c68b55d06d4ad8a00a9c82e38e3fa 2008.1/SRPMS/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm
| References |
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1658
| Upgrade |
To upgrade automatically, use MandrivaUpdate.
| Verification |
Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :
rpm --checksig package.rpm
You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.
If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.