CVE-2015-3256
N/A
Published: October 26, 2015 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSEPolkit
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.112
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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