CVE-2015-3256
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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 configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| polkit_project:polkit | polkit project polkit | le | 0.112 |
References
lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%