CVE-2015-4625

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3717-1

Posted Jul 16, 2018

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3717-1 - Tavis Ormandy discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain invalid object paths. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain duplicate action IDs. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2015-3218, CVE-2015-3255, CVE-2015-4625, CVE-2018-1116

SHA-256 | 7b9aa26f312ac39e4b97279a9cacf1e2c8f625a61c1040cca0bf6077d0dfc716

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