SB2015041501 - Privilege escalation in Abrt
Published: April 15, 2015 Updated: March 13, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015041501
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1862)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in the namespaced environment due to improper handling of crash reports. A local attacker can cause a race condition and gain elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.