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Subject: Re: [oss-security] CVE Request: policykit (minor)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat ! com>
Date: 2010-04-01 19:26:04
Message-ID: 1677914590.229811270149964194.JavaMail.root () zmail01 ! collab ! prod ! int ! phx2 ! redhat ! com
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----- "Kees Cook" <kees@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Dan Rosenberg found[1] a minor information disclosure vulnerability
> in pkexec, which has been fixed[2] upstream. It would disclose the
> existence of files a given user would normally not be able to
> confirm:
>
> $ pkexec /home/drosenbe/secret/hidden
> (password prompt)
> $ pkexec /home/drosenbe/secret/doesnotexist
> Error getting information about /home/drosenbe/secret/doesnotexist: No
> such file or directory
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kees
>
> [1] Ubuntu bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/532852
> [2]
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=14bdfd816512a82b1ad258fa143ae5faa945df8a
>
Please use CVE-2010-0750
Thanks.
--
JB
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