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title: "CVE-2015-0234\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-0234

Publication date 29 August 2017

Last updated 22 May 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0234?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Multiple temporary file creation vulnerabilities in pki-core 10.2.0.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0234?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dogtag-pki | 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

many are in unit tests; some in tps are obsolete code that
may be dropped

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### [msalvatore](https://launchpad.net/~msalvatore)

dogtagpki upstream closed this issue as "Invalid" and classified it
as "NOTABUG"

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0234)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0234)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-0234)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0234)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-0234>
* <https://www.redhat.com/archives/pki-devel/2015-March/msg00012.html>
* <https://pagure.io/dogtagpki/issue/1303>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0234>