Access Restriction Bypass Affecting polkit package, versions <0:0.112-6.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-POLKIT-2061775
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Jul 2015

Introduced: 2 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-3256  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 polkit to version 0:0.112-6.el7_2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polkit package and not the polkit package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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."

CVSS Scores

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