CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5224

Published: Aug 23, 2017 | Modified: Sep 11, 2020
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Util-linux Kernel * 2.26.2 (including)
Util-linux Kernel 2.27-rc1 (including) 2.27-rc1 (including)

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