CVE-2015-3218 (GCVE-0-2015-3218)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-26 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-deve… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-deve… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-deve… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2015-05-29 00:00
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