FKIE_CVE-2015-5224

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-23 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:28
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76467Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256686Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/bde91c85bdc77975155058276f99d2e0f5eab5a9Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76467Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256686Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/bde91c85bdc77975155058276f99d2e0f5eab5a9Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kernel util-linux *
kernel util-linux 2.27
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