CVE-2015-3171
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
5.5
Description
sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3171
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/sosreport/sos/commit/d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218658
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.2-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.2-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sos_project | sos | 3.2 | |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218658
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/commit/d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3171
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/425
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-72.yaml
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3171
CWEs
CWE-200
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.