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CVE-2015-3218

CVE-2015-3218

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.htmlhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.htmlhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.htmlhttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.htmlhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023