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CVE-2015-3218

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-01-08	polkit -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2015-3218 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2015-3218
Phase	Assigned(20150410)

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.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[polkit-devel] 20150529 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent
MLIST	[polkit-devel] 20150630 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent
MLIST	[polkit-devel] 20150702 polkit-0.113 released
FEDORA	FEDORA-2015-11058
FEDORA	FEDORA-2015-11743
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2015:1734
BID	76086