CVE-2015-5273

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5273
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-07 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:52:00 UTC
DescriptionThe abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
a-a-i-d-to-abrt-cache: make own random temporary directory · abrt/abrt@50ee813 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
abrt CVE-2015-5273 Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: abrt-2.7.1-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - CVE-2015-5273 + CVE-2015-5287, abrt local root in Centos/Fedora/RHEL MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit
CVE-2015-5273 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bug 1262252 – CVE-2015-5273 abrt: Insecure temporary directory usage in abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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