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CVE-2015-3171

Published: 25 July 2017

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced by 8d2577786cce6fcc915836108e405dbf5025dec8

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
sosreport
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty Not vulnerable
(3.1-1ubuntu2.1)
upstream
Released (3.2-2)
utopic Not vulnerable
(3.1-1ubuntu3)
vivid Not vulnerable
(3.2-2)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/sosreport/sos/commit/d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N