| Name | CVE-2015-3255 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 796134 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| policykit-1 (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 0.105-31+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 122-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 126-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=9f5e0c731784003bd4d6fc75ab739ff8b2ea269f