Input validation error - CVE-2015-5200
Published: September 8, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33816
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5200
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The trace functionality in libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5200
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253827