UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3218

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3218
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3218.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3218
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Published
2015-10-26T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:22Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The authenticationagentnew 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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / policykit-1

Package

Name
policykit-1
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/policykit-1@0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.105-3ubuntu3
0.105-4ubuntu1
0.105-4ubuntu2
0.105-4ubuntu2.14.04.1
0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0",
            "binary_version": "0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolkit-agent-1-0",
            "binary_version": "0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolkit-agent-1-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolkit-backend-1-0",
            "binary_version": "0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolkit-backend-1-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolkit-gobject-1-0",
            "binary_version": "0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolkit-gobject-1-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "policykit-1",
            "binary_version": "0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2"
        }
    ]
}