CVE-2015-5224

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5224
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-23 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-11 15:20:00 UTC
DescriptionThe mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kernel Util-linux 2.27 rc1 All All
Application Kernel Util-linux 2.27 rc1 All All
Application Kernel Util-linux All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
chsh, chfn, vipw: fix filenames collision · karelzak/util-linux@bde91c8 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
1256686 – (CVE-2015-5224) CVE-2015-5224 util-linux: File name collision due to incorrect mkstemp use CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2015-5224 login-utils: file name collision due to incorrect mkstemp use MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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