CVE-2015-3255 — Project Polkit vulnerability

CWE-26410 documents8 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Polkit Project Polkit
Timeline
PublishedOct 26
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-3hwj-36x6-3356: The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool↗2022-05-14
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OSV
policykit-1 vulnerabilities↗2018-07-16
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OSV
CVE-2015-3255: The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool↗2015-10-26
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CVEList
CVE-2015-3255: The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool↗2015-10-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
PolicyKit vulnerabilities↗2018-07-17
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Ubuntu
PolicyKit vulnerabilities↗2018-07-16
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Debian
CVE-2015-3255: policykit-1 - The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactio...↗2015
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Red Hat
polkit: Heap-corruption on duplicate ids↗2014-09-07
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3255 polkit: Heap-corruption on duplicate ids↗2015-07-22
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CVE-2015-3255 — Polkit Project Polkit vulnerability | cvebase