CVE-2015-3218
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-10-26 19:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d8ce1a41f53fc11988c35e5a94079e5db5a62d3942573b57b6ad4f7cdbb077ac
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.freedesktop.org[polkit-devel] 20150529 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgenthttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3717-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-11058http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1927http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-11743http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
- lists.freedesktop.org[polkit-devel] 20150702 polkit-0.113 releasedhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
- www.securityfocus.com76086http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1734http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
- www.securitytracker.com1035023http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
- lists.freedesktop.org[polkit-devel] 20150630 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgenthttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.105-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.105-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.105-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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