VDB
CVE-2015-3218
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% · 32.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.13%
32.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | policykit-1 | 0, 0.105-3ubuntu3, 0.105-4ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Oct 26, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3218 third-party-advisory
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3717-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3218 third-party-advisory