CVE-2015-3218 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.13% · 32.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.13%
32.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSpolicykit-10, 0.105-3ubuntu3, 0.105-4ubuntu1

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