Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libvdpau package, versions <1.1.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBVDPAU-519652
  • published8 Sept 2015
  • disclosed8 Sept 2015

Introduced: 8 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-5198  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libvdpau to version 1.1.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvdpau package and not the libvdpau package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH environment variable.

CVSS Scores

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