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CVE-2015-3255 (GCVE-0-2015-3255)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-10-26 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
Summary
The 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245673 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-deve… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83590 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2015-07-02 00:00
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