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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-3215

critical Nessus Plugin ID 218282

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges. (CVE-2014-3215)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3215

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 218282

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_3215.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/2/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3215

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:selinux-policy-mls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:selinux-policy-targeted, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:policycoreutils-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:policycoreutils-newrole, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:policycoreutils-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:policycoreutils-sandbox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:selinux-policy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcap-ng-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcap-ng-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcap-ng-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:selinux-policy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:policycoreutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:selinux-policy-minimum, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcap-ng

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3215