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CVE-2015-3339

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.

Published

2015-05-27T10:59:11.047

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	≤ 3.19.5	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543 ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237 ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5 ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030 ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543 ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)