ghsa-q9cc-g5q2-4hhx
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:13
Modified
2022-05-14 03:13
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-3218"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-10-26T19:59:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-q9cc-g5q2-4hhx",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:13:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:13:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3218"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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