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CVE-2015-0278

libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published

2015-05-18T15:59:02.713

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-273

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	21	Yes
Application	libuv_project	libuv	≤ 0.10.33	Yes
Application	nodejs	node.js	< 0.10.37	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)