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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2015-3218
HistoryOct 26, 2015 - 7:59 p.m.

Null pointer dereference

2015-10-2619:59:00
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6.5 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.

CPENameOperatorVersion
polkitle0.112

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%