CVE-2015-3171
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.2-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sos_project | sos | 3.2 | |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218658
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/commit/d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3171
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/425
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-72.yaml
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3171
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.