CVE-2015-7529
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- sos project/sos · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.