PT-2015-6125
CVE-2015-3255
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Published
2015-07-02
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Updated
2018-07-28
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.6
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
PolicyKit (aka polkit) versions prior to 0.113
Description
The issue is related to the
polkit backend action pool init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c, which might allow local users to gain privileges via duplicate action IDs in action descriptions.Recommendations
For versions prior to 0.113, update to version 0.113 or later to resolve the issue.
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