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CVE-2015-3218

Date: October 26, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3218
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3218
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-3218
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3218
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-3218

Severity Score

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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