VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-0278
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 3.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.24% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-273
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · libuv project/libuv · nodejs/node.js
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10Third Party Advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.