cve-2015-5224
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-08-23 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 06:41
Severity ?
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
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