CVE-2015-3218

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-05-29
Bugzilla:
1228738: CVE-2015-3218 polkit: crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent
A NULL-pointer dereference flaw was discovered in polkitd. A malicious, local user could exploit this flaw to crash polkitd.

Find out more about CVE-2015-3218 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of polkit as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This issue affects the versions of polkit as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 polkit Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 polkit Not affected

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