debian · CVE-2008-1658

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Priority: medium Published: Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:59:42 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-1658 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (policykit-1), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) 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.

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