CVE-2015-5224 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package util-linux  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1510-UTILLINUX-625864
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed23 Aug 2017

Introduced: 23 Aug 2017

CVE-2015-5224  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:15.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream util-linux package and not the util-linux package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.