Link Following Affecting abrt-addon-vmcore package, versions <0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-ABRTADDONVMCORE-1495154
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Apr 2015

Introduced: 17 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-1869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 abrt-addon-vmcore to version 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1210.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream abrt-addon-vmcore package and not the abrt-addon-vmcore package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a var_log_messages file.

CVSS Scores

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