CVE-2015-5273

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-11-23
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
1262252: CVE-2015-5273 abrt: Insecure temporary directory usage in abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache
It was found that the ABRT debug information installer (abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache) did not use temporary directories in a secure way. A local attacker could use the flaw to create symbolic links and files at arbitrary locations as the abrt user.

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CVSS v2 metrics

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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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (abrt) RHSA-2015:2505 2015-11-23

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 abrt Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Philip Pettersson of Samsung for reporting this issue.

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