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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2015-3256 EUVD-2015-3309GHSA-779g-mjcq-vffm

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

Published Oct 26, 2015 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

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."

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 7 polkit +2 0.112-6.el7_2 RHSA-2016:0189

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 polkit 0.113-4.1 SUSE-SU-2015:1838-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 polkit 0.113-4.1 SUSE-SU-2015:1838-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 7 polkit +2 0.112-6.el7_2 ELSA-2016-0189

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 3

References