CVE-2015-3171

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-05-05
CWE:
CWE-732
Bugzilla:
1218658: CVE-2015-3171 sosreport: temporary file created with world-readable permissions

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.

Find out more about CVE-2015-3171 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of sos package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 sos Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 sos Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sos Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Grant Murphy for reporting this issue.

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