Creation of temporary file in directory with insecure permissions in bcc - CVE-2024-2314

Vulnerability identifier: #VU99854

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2314

CWE-ID: CWE-379

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: IO Visor Project

Affected software:
bcc

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to software loads kernel headers from an insecure temporary directory. A local user can place malicious links headers into the temporary directory and escalate privileges on the system.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/commit/008ea09e891194c072f2a9305a3c872a241dc342
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269019