CVE-2015-3218

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3218
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-26 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-18 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe authentication_agent_new function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and polkitd daemon crash) by calling RegisterAuthenticationAgent with an invalid object path.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Polkit Project Polkit All All All All

References

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[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: polkit-0.113-4.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-3717-1: PolicyKit vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1927-1: moderate: Security update for polkit SUSE lists.opensuse.org
PolicyKit Bugs Let Local Users Deny Service or Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: polkit-0.113-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent MLIST lists.freedesktop.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1734-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
polkit-0.113 released MLIST lists.freedesktop.org
polkit CVE-2015-3218 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent MLIST lists.freedesktop.org
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