Insecure Temporary File Affecting sos package, versions <0:3.2-35.el7_2.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SOS-5130828
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Dec 2015

Introduced: 1 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-7529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 sos to version 0:3.2-35.el7_2.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0188.

NVD Description

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

sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.

CVSS Scores

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