CVE-2015-5231 (GCVE-0-2015-5231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-07 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
VLAI
Summary
The service daemon in CRIU does not properly restrict access to non-dumpable processes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via (1) process dumps or (2) ptrace access.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2015-08-25 00:00
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