CVE-2015-3255

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-09-07
Bugzilla:
1245673: CVE-2015-3255 polkit: Heap-corruption on duplicate ids

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 might allow local users to gain privileges via duplicate action IDs in action descriptions.

Find out more about CVE-2015-3255 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 4.4
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 polkit Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 polkit Will not fix

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