CVE-2015-5186

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-08-13
CWE:
CWE-138
Bugzilla:
1251621: CVE-2015-5186 Audit: log terminal emulator escape sequences handling

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.

Find out more about CVE-2015-5186 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 audit Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 audit Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 audit Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 audit Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 rhev-hypervisor Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Steve Grubb of Red Hat.

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