RHSA-2016:0189Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update

Published
February 16, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-3256 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-3256 — polkit: Memory corruption via javascript rule evaluation

🎯 Affected products57

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • +27 more not shown

✅ Remediation

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

🔗 References (4)