CVE - CVE-2015-3218

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-3218	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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MISC:1035023 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 MISC:76086 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086 MISC:FEDORA-2015-11058 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html MISC:FEDORA-2015-11743 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html MISC:USN-3717-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/ MISC:[polkit-devel] 20150529 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent URL:http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html MISC:[polkit-devel] 20150630 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent URL:http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html MISC:[polkit-devel] 20150702 polkit-0.113 released URL:http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2015:1734 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2015:1927 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20150410	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150410)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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