gksu-polkit up to 0.0.2 xauth input validation

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A vulnerability was found in gksu-polkit up to 0.0.2. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component xauth. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In gksu-polkit before 0.0.3, the source file for xauth may contain arbitrary commands that may allow an attacker to overtake an administrator X11 session.

The weakness was disclosed 11/15/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0703 since 01/31/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-146184 is pretty similar.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gksu-polkit 0.0.3

Timelineinfo

01/31/2011 🔍
11/15/2019 +3210 days 🔍
11/16/2019 +1 days 🔍
02/20/2024 +1557 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-0703 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/16/2019 12:00 PM
Updated: 02/20/2024 02:50 PM
Changes: 11/16/2019 12:00 PM (36), 11/16/2019 12:05 PM (17), 02/20/2024 02:50 PM (4)
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