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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-10-26T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:39:31.986Z

Reserved: 2015-04-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-3218

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-26T19:59:00.107

Modified: 2018-07-18T01:29:00.290

Link: CVE-2015-3218

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-3218 - Bugzilla