CVE-2015-0267

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-02-10
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
1191575: CVE-2015-0267 kexec-tools: insecure use of /tmp/*$$* filenames
It was found that the module-setup.sh script provided by kexec-tools created temporary files in an insecure way. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to conduct a symbolic link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.

Find out more about CVE-2015-0267 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kexec-tools) RHSA-2015:0986 2015-05-12

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kexec-tools Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kexec-tools Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Harald Hoyer of Red Hat.

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