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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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

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-10-26T19:59:00.107
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-3218
