CVE-2015-3218 (GCVE-0-2015-3218)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-26 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI?
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
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
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