CVE-2016-2568 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	7.8 HIGH	LOCAL	HIGH	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 32%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
freedesktop	polkit	*
redhat	enterprise_linux	6.0
redhat	enterprise_linux	7.0

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= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

policykit-1

bookworm	ignored
bullseye	ignored
bullseye (security)	vulnerable
buster	ignored
jessie	ignored
sid	vulnerable
stretch	ignored
trixie	vulnerable
wheezy	ignored

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

policykit-1

artful	ignored
bionic	deferred
cosmic	ignored
disco	ignored
eoan	ignored
focal	deferred
groovy	ignored
hirsute	ignored
impish	ignored
jammy	deferred
kinetic	ignored
lunar	ignored
mantic	ignored
noble	deferred
precise	ignored
trusty	deferred
wily	ignored
xenial	deferred
yakkety	ignored
zesty	ignored

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/3

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2568

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=816062

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300746

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2568

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/3

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2568

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=816062

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300746

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2568