CVE-2015-3339

MEDIUM

Description

Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-05-27

Updated: 2016-12-31

Type: CWE-362

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.2

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

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 1.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 3.19.5 (inclusive)

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (38 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
124981EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1528)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
124811EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1487)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
101242F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux kernel vulnerability (K95345942)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
medium
99163OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
93289SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
90019OracleVM 3.2 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0037)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
88571RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:2411)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
88545openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-124)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
87559Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87135CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2015:2152)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
87090Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-2152)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
86972RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2015:2152)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
85432openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-543)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
85198Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
85188OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0109)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
85177Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3064)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
85176Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3055)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
85175Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3054)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
85145OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0104)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
medium
85118Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3053)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
85097Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2015-1272)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
85010CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2015:1272)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
84936RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:1272)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
84545SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
84252Debian DLA-246-2 : linux-2.6 regression updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
84227SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:1071-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
83839Fedora 20 : kernel-3.19.8-100.fc20 (2015-8518)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
83387Fedora 21 : kernel-3.19.7-200.fc21 (2015-7736)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
83262Ubuntu 15.04 : linux vulnerability (USN-2601-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
83261Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerability (USN-2600-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
83260Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerability (USN-2599-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
83259Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-2598-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
83258Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2597-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
83257Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-2596-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
83228Fedora 22 : kernel-4.0.1-300.fc22 (2015-7371)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
83176Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerability (USN-2584-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
83175Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-2583-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
83065Debian DSA-3237-1 : linux - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high