CVE-2008-1658

Name	CVE-2008-1658
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	476615, 476616

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
policykit-1 (PTS)	buster, buster (security)	0.105-25+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	0.105-31+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	122-3	fixed
	trixie	124-1	fixed
	sid	124-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
policykit-1	source	(unstable)	0.8-1	medium		476615, 476616