# CVE-2015-3256: PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daemon crash) and possibl

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2015-10-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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."

## What to do

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
- https://github.com/puglia-ryan/S-V-Project-Implementation-of-CVE-2015-3256

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