Access Restriction Bypass Affecting python-criu package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHONCRIU-1333449
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Aug 2015

Introduced: 25 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-5228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 python-criu.

NVD Description

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

The service daemon in CRIU creates log and dump files insecurely, which allows local users to create arbitrary files and take ownership of existing files via unspecified vectors related to a directory path.

CVSS Base Scores

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