Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 26, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-3218
CVE-2015-3218
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 dereference and polkitd daemon crash) by calling RegisterAuthenticationAgent with an invalid object path.
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Affected products
7- Range: <0.113
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012
< 0.113-4.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.htmlnvd
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.htmlnvd
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.htmlnvd
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/nvd
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