CVE-2014-3215 (GCVE-0-2014-3215)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-05-08 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 10:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.
References
cve@mitre.org http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html
cve@mitre.org http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7
cve@mitre.org http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4
cve@mitre.org http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/59007
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156
cve@mitre.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/59007
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341
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