CVE-2015-3255

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3255
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-26 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-28 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 might allow local users to gain privileges via duplicate action IDs in action descriptions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Polkit Project Polkit All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3717-2: 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
83590 – ** WARNING **: Unknown action_id '<random string>' CONFIRM bugs.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: Heap-corruption on duplicate IDs (GLSA 201611-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1245673 – (CVE-2015-3255) CVE-2015-3255 polkit: Heap-corruption on duplicate ids CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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