Information Exposure Affecting libreport-newt package, versions <0:2.1.11-23.0.1.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBREPORTNEWT-2492689
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Jun 2017

Introduced: 26 Jun 2017

CVE-2015-1870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libreport-newt to version 0:2.1.11-23.0.1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-1083.

NVD Description

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

The event scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) uses world-readable permission on a copy of sosreport file in problem directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from /var/log/messages via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Base Scores

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