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Articles Sécurité Mandriva Security [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:087 ] - Updated policykit package fixes format string vulnerability
Articles Sécurité Mandriva Security [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:087 ] - Updated policykit package fixes format string vulnerability
| [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:087 ] - Updated policykit package fixes format string vulnerability |
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| Jeudi, 17 Avril 2008 08:54 |
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 _______________________________________________________________________   Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                        MDVSA-2008:087  http://www.mandriva.com/security/  _______________________________________________________________________   Package : policykit  Date   : April 16, 2008  Affected: 2008.1  _______________________________________________________________________   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.  _______________________________________________________________________  References:   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1658  _______________________________________________________________________ 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  _______________________________________________________________________  To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.  All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98  You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories  If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact  security_(at)_mandriva.com  _______________________________________________________________________ 
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