2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
4.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html
lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/