medium4.6
CVE-2015-3256
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 v…
Impact
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."
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Polkit Project | Polkit | through 0.112 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Versions 13.1, 13.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684