CVE-2015-3218
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 26, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 10, 2015
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [polkit-devel] 20150529 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgentmailing-list
- USN-3717-1vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-11058vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1927vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-11743vendor-advisory
- [polkit-devel] 20150702 polkit-0.113 releasedmailing-list
- 76086vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1734vendor-advisory
- 1035023vdb-entry
- [polkit-devel] 20150630 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgentmailing-list
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