CVE-2015-3218 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 derefere...
LowCVSS 2.1
EPSS 0.43%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/policykit-1(Debian:12) | < 0.105-11 | 0.105-11 |
| debian/policykit-1(Debian:13) | < 0.105-11 | 0.105-11 |
| debian/policykit-1(Debian:14) | < 0.105-11 | 0.105-11 |
| polkit project polkit | <= 0.112 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2015-3218 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-11058 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-11743 vendor-advisory
- [polkit-devel] 20150702 polkit-0.113 released mailing-list
- [polkit-devel] 20150529 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent mailing-list
- [polkit-devel] 20150630 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent mailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1734 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1927 vendor-advisory
- 76086 vdb-entry
- 1035023 vdb-entry
- USN-3717-1 vendor-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking