CVE-2017-15131

Description

It was found that system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories, since Xsession sources xdg-user-dirs.sh before setting umask policy. This only affects xdg-user-dirs before 0.15.5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Categories

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.03%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: Red Hat, Inc. RHEL shipped xdg-user-dirs and gnome-session
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1412762 issue tracking
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0842 vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-15131?
CVE-2017-15131 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-15131?
To fix CVE-2017-15131, 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-2017-15131 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-15131 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.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-15131?
CVE-2017-15131 affects Red Hat, Inc. RHEL shipped xdg-user-dirs and gnome-session.
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