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CVE-2015-3339

Date: May 27, 2015

Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3339

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3339

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-3339

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3339

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-3339

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-3339

Date: May 27, 2015

Language: C

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