| 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 (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 796134 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| policykit-1 (PTS) | jessie | 0.105-15~deb8u2 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 0.105-15~deb8u4 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 0.105-18+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid, buster | 0.105-25 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| policykit-1 | source | (unstable) | 0.105-12 | medium | 796134 | |
| policykit-1 | source | experimental | 0.113-1 | medium | ||
| policykit-1 | source | jessie | 0.105-15~deb8u1 | medium |
[wheezy] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - policykit-1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=9f5e0c731784003bd4d6fc75ab739ff8b2ea269f