CVE-2015-2675

Publication date 18 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The OAuth implementation in librest before 0.7.93 incorrectly truncates the pointer returned by the rest_proxy_call_get_url function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via running the EnsureCredentials method from the org.gnome.OnlineAccounts.Account interface on an object representing a Flickr account.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
librest	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by 55f8e962, which is only in 0.7.92

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
librest	Upstream: ?id=b50

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	None
Availability impact	High

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:N/A:H