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Unscored RHSA-2016:0189 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Fixed packages 16

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client polkit 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client polkit-debuginfo 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client polkit-devel 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client polkit-docs 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode polkit 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode polkit-debuginfo 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode polkit-devel 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode polkit-docs 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server polkit 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server polkit-debuginfo 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server polkit-devel 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server polkit-docs 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation polkit 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation polkit-debuginfo 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation polkit-devel 0:0.112-6.el7_2
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation polkit-docs 0:0.112-6.el7_2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2015-3256 Public exploit

    PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daem…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2016/rhsa-2016_0189.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3256
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3256
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3256