{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3218","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-09T06:47:30.984216928Z","published":"2015-10-26T19:59:00.107Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-3218"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3218"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-11"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3218.json"}},{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-11"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3218.json"}},{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.105-11"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3218.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}