CVE-2015-3218

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3218
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-26 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Polkit Project Polkit All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: polkit-0.113-4.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1927-1: moderate: Security update for polkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org
polkit CVE-2015-3218 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: polkit-0.113-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-3717-1: PolicyKit vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
PolicyKit Bugs Let Local Users Deny Service or Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1734-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
polkit-0.113 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org
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