Race Condition Affecting coreutils package, versions <8.13-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-COREUTILS-317487
  • published20 Sept 2017
  • disclosed20 Sept 2017

Introduced: 20 Sep 2017

CVE-2015-1865  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable coreutils to version 8.13-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1