CVE-2014-3215
Description
seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| selinuxproject | policycoreutils | 2.2.5 | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59007
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3215
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.