CVE-2015-3218
low
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3218
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3218.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.105-11 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.105-11 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.105-11 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.105-11 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.105-11 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| polkit_project | polkit | {"endIncluding":"0.112"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3218.html
- 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/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3218
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.