Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | polkit security update |
Informations | |||
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Name | RHSA-2016:0189 | First vendor Publication | 2016-02-16 |
Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2016-02-16 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Problem Description: Updated polkit packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 3. Description: PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. A denial of service flaw was found in how polkit handled authorization requests. A local, unprivileged user could send malicious requests to polkit, which could then cause the polkit daemon to corrupt its memory and crash. (CVE-2015-3256) All polkit users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1245684 - CVE-2015-3256 polkit: Memory corruption via javascript rule evaluation |
Original Source
Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2016-02-17 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2016-0189.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-02-17 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0189.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-02-17 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2016-0189.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-02-17 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20160216_polkit_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-01-11 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_631fc042b63611e583ef14dae9d210b8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-11-20 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-711.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-10-29 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-1838-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-10-15 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-655.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-07-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-11743.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-07-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-11058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2016-02-18 13:27:47 |
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2016-02-16 17:28:35 |
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2016-02-16 17:24:10 |
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