Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 26, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-3256
CVE-2015-3256
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."
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Affected products
9- Range: <0.113
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012
< 0.113-4.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-4.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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