Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/ ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html ↗
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 ↗
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html ↗