CVE-2014-3215
seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- selinuxproject/policycoreutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59007
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59007
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.