{"id":"MGASA-2015-0262","summary":"Updated polkit package fixes security vulnerabilities","details":"Local privilege escalation in polkit before 0.113 due to predictable\nauthentication session cookie values (CVE-2015-4625).\n\nVarious memory corruption vulnerabilities in polkit before 0.113 in the\nuse of the JavaScript interpreter, possibly leading to local privilege\nescalation (CVE-2015-3256).\n\nMemory corruption vulnerability in polkit before 0.113 in handling\nduplicate action IDs, possibly leading to local privilege escalation\n(CVE-2015-3255).\n\nDenial of service issue in polkit before 0.113 which allowed any local\nuser to crash polkitd (CVE-2015-3218).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:17.683137985Z","published":"2015-07-05T17:22:03Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-3218","CVE-2015-3255","CVE-2015-3256","CVE-2015-4625"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0262.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16135"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"polkit","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/polkit?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.113-1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0262.json"}},{"package":{"name":"polkit","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/polkit?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.113-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0262.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}