DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3218

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3218

    Published: 26 Oct 2015Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3218

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3218

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: policykit-1

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.105-11

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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