CVE-2015-4625 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023