PolicyKit up to 0.112 polkitd access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in PolicyKit up to 0.112. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component polkitd. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-3256. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PolicyKit up to 0.112. This affects some unknown functionality of the component polkitd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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."

The weakness was published 10/26/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-3256. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84686 (Fedora 22 : polkit-0.113-1.fc22 (2015-11058)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168221 (OpenSuSE Security Update for polkit (openSUSE-SU-2015:1927-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.113 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84686), SecurityFocus (BID 77356†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54094†). Similar entries are available at VDB-78883, VDB-78884 and VDB-78888. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 84686
Nessus Name: Fedora 22 : polkit-0.113-1.fc22 (2015-11058)
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2016-0189
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PolicyKit 0.113

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04/10/2015 🔍
07/03/2015 +84 days 🔍
07/14/2015 +11 days 🔍
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10/26/2015 +104 days 🔍
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10/27/2015 +1 days 🔍
11/02/2015 +6 days 🔍
06/25/2022 +2427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2016:0189
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-3256 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3256
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78885
SecurityFocus: 77356
SecurityTracker: 1035023
Vulnerability Center: 54094 - PolicyKit <0.113 Local Privilege Escalation via JavaScript interpreter, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/27/2015 08:46
Updated: 06/25/2022 06:36
Changes: 10/27/2015 08:46 (63), 03/09/2018 10:36 (6), 06/25/2022 06:36 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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