VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-1350

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.49%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program.

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-552
Affected: linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise mrg
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142153722930533&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76075Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770492Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185139Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142153722930533&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76075Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770492Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185139Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.