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CVE-2015-3159

Published: Jan 14, 2020 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.6 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3159
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly handle the process environment before invoking abrt-action-install-debuginfo, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Automatic_bug_reporting_tool Redhat - (including) - (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat abrt-0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat libreport-0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat abrt-0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat libreport-0:2.1.11-23.el7_1 *

References

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