CVE-2015-7529

Description

sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1 vendor advisory third party advisory issue tracking
https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696 patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162 third party advisory vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188 third party advisory issue tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542 third party advisory issue tracking
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152 third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7529?
CVE-2015-7529 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7529?
To fix CVE-2015-7529, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7529 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-7529 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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