Local privilege escalation to the root user with userhelper and libuser (CVE-2015-3245 and CVE-2015-3246)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Issue
- A vulnerability in the
userhelperutility, CVE-2015-3245, andlibuserutility, CVE-2015-3246, may be combined to allow for local privilege escalation to the root user.
Resolution
- For full details on understanding and addressing this issue refer to libuser vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-3245 and CVE-2015-3246).
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