SB2015041501 - Privilege escalation in Abrt
Published: April 15, 2015 Updated: March 13, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015041501
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 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1862)
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.