FKIE_CVE-2015-0278

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-05-18 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:19
Severity
Summary
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0cPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0cPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 21
libuv_project libuv *
nodejs node.js *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:19:53.870",
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