CVE-2015-3255

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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	796134

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
policykit-1 (PTS)	stretch, stretch (security)	0.105-18+deb9u1	fixed
	buster	0.105-25	fixed
	bookworm, sid, bullseye	0.105-31	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Debian Bugs
policykit-1	source	experimental	0.113-1
policykit-1	source	jessie	0.105-15~deb8u1
policykit-1	source	(unstable)	0.105-12	796134

Notes

[wheezy] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=9f5e0c731784003bd4d6fc75ab739ff8b2ea269f