CVE-2015-3159
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-04-29 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
It was discovered that the abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache helper program did not properly filter the process environment before invoking abrt-action-install-debuginfo. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.6 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (abrt) | ELSA-2015-1210 | 2015-07-07 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (libreport) | ELSA-2015-1210 | 2015-07-07 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (abrt) | ELSA-2015-1083 | 2015-06-09 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (libreport) | ELSA-2015-1083 | 2015-06-09 |
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