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CVE-2015-3255

This CVE name corresponds to:

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

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CVE-2015-3255 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2015-3255
Phase	Assigned(20150410)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[polkit-devel] 20150702 polkit-0.113 released
CONFIRM	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83590
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245673
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2015:1734