CVE-2015-3218
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3218
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-3218.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-3218
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:13:57.500943Z
- Published
- 2015-10-26T19:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:13:57.500943Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/