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Date:      Fri, 8 Jan 2016 18:44:02 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r405584 - head/security/vuxml
Message-ID:  <201601081844.u08Ii2k0042781@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: feld
Date: Fri Jan  8 18:44:01 2016
New Revision: 405584
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/405584

Log:
  Document polkit vulnerabilities
  
  PR:		204235
  Security:	CVE-2015-4625
  Security:	CVE-2015-3218
  Security:	CVE-2015-3255
  Security:	CVE-2015-3256

Modified:
  head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml

Modified: head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml	Fri Jan  8 18:23:25 2016	(r405583)
+++ head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml	Fri Jan  8 18:44:01 2016	(r405584)
@@ -58,6 +58,54 @@ Notes:
 
 -->
 <vuxml xmlns="http://www.vuxml.org/apps/vuxml-1">;
+  <vuln vid="631fc042-b636-11e5-83ef-14dae9d210b8">
+    <topic>polkit -- multiple vulnerabilities</topic>
+    <affects>
+      <package>
+	<name>polkit</name>
+	<range><lt>0.113</lt></range>
+      </package>
+    </affects>
+    <description>
+      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">;
+	<p>Colin Walters reports:</p>
+	<blockquote cite="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000425.html">;
+	  <ul>
+	    <li><p>Integer overflow in the
+	    authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit)
+	    before 0.113 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large
+	    number of connections, which triggers the issuance of a duplicate cookie
+	    value.</p></li>
+	    <li><p>The authentication_agent_new function in
+	    polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c in PolicyKit (aka
+	    polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service
+	    (NULL pointer dereference and polkitd daemon crash) by calling
+	    RegisterAuthenticationAgent with an invalid object path.</p></li>
+	    <li><p>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.</p></li>
+	    <li><p>PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local
+	    users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daemon
+	    crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to
+	    "javascript rule evaluation."</p></li>
+	  </ul>
+	</blockquote>
+      </body>
+    </description>
+    <references>
+      <url>http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000425.html</url>;
+      <cvename>CVE-2015-4625</cvename>
+      <cvename>CVE-2015-3218</cvename>
+      <cvename>CVE-2015-3255</cvename>
+      <cvename>CVE-2015-3256</cvename>
+    </references>
+    <dates>
+      <discovery>2015-06-03</discovery>
+      <entry>2016-01-08</entry>
+    </dates>
+  </vuln>
+
   <vuln vid="b22b016b-b633-11e5-83ef-14dae9d210b8">
     <topic>librsync -- collision vulnerability</topic>
     <affects>



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