CVE-2015-5198 (GCVE-0-2015-5198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-08 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
VLAI
Summary
libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH environment variable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253824 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-Au… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2015-08-31 00:00
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