Vulnerability CVE-2015-3255
Published: 2015-10-26

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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Polkit project -> Polkit 

 References:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83590
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245673
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/
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