CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-1350
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-552
Description
The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.0 <= 3.19.8)
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise mrg 2.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142153722930533&w=2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76075 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770492 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185139 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142153722930533&w=2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76075 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770492 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185139 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory