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Race Condition Affecting coreutils package, versions <8.13-1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-COREUTILS-317487
  • published 20 Sep 2017
  • disclosed 20 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 20 Sep 2017

CVE-2015-1865 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link 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
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Red Hat

4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low