CVE-2015-0278

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0278
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-18 15:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlibuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-273 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Application Libuv Project Libuv All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:228 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: nodejs-0.10.36-3.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
unix: call setgoups before calling setuid/setgid by saghul · Pull Request #215 · libuv/libuv · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Google Grupper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0186 - Updated nodejs packages fix security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
unix: call setgoups before calling setuid/setgid · libuv/libuv@66ab389 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
libuv: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201611-10) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Google Grupper MITRE groups.google.com
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