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CVE-2015-7529
Detail
Modified
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Description
sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.
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An insecure temporary file use flaw was found in the way sos created certain sosreport files. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to reveal the contents of sosreport files, or in some cases modify arbitrary files and escalate their privileges on the system.
sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.
sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.
An insecure temporary file use flaw was found in the way sos created certain sosreport files. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to reveal the contents of sosreport files, or in some cases modify arbitrary files and escalate their privileges on the system.
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:sosreport_project:sosreport:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:sosreport_project:sosreport:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:sosreport_project:sosreport:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:sosreport_project:sosreport:3.2:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:sosreport_project:sosreport:3.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:sosreport_project:sosreport:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:sosreport_project:sosreport:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:sosreport_project:sosreport:3.4:beta:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CVSS V2
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added
CVSS V3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CWE
CWE-59
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162 No Types Assigned
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1 No Types Assigned
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.11/07/2017 9:29:02 PM