Improper Ownership Management Affecting libreport-plugin-reportuploader package, versions <0:2.1.11-23.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBREPORTPLUGINREPORTUPLOADER-2047432
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Apr 2015

Introduced: 17 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-3142  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-282  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libreport-plugin-reportuploader to version 0:2.1.11-23.el7_1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libreport-plugin-reportuploader package and not the libreport-plugin-reportuploader package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The kernel-invoked coredump processor in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly check the ownership of files before writing core dumps to them, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging write permissions to the working directory of a crashed application.

CVSS Scores

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