cve-2015-3255
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-10-26 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 05:39
Severity ?
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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