Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-0278 |
CWE-ID | CWE-264 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Fedoraproject |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU40789
Risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0278
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsFedora: 21
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.