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title: "CVE-2015-2285\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-2285

Publication date 12 March 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

The logrotation script (/etc/cron.daily/upstart) in the Ubuntu Upstart
package before 1.13.2-0ubuntu9, as used in Ubuntu Vivid 15.04, allows local
users to execute arbitrary commands and gain privileges via a crafted file
in /run/user/\*/upstart/sessions/.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| upstart | 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2285)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2285)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-2285)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2285)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685>
* <http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/>
* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7>
* <http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2285>