CVE-2015-3218 Affecting polkit-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POLKITDEVEL-1332596
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 May 2015

Introduced: 29 May 2015

CVE-2015-3218  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 polkit-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polkit-devel package and not the polkit-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1