CVE-2015-4625 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2015-4625?

CVE-2015-4625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 26 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4625?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Opensuse, Polkit Project Polkit.

How do I fix CVE-2015-4625?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-4625 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4625, GHSA-m24q-4952-3p5h, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4625.