NVD - CVE-2015-5186

CVE-2015-5186 Detail

Current Description

Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 09/06/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.3 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 1.4
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/9	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76840	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251621	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLog	Release Notes Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Input Validation (CWE-20)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:linux_audit_project:linux_audit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.4.3

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Change History

1 change record found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 9/13/2017 7:17:22 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:linux_audit_project:linux_audit:2.4.3::::::: (and previous)
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Added	CWE		CWE-20
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/9 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76840 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76840 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251621 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251621 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLog No Types Assigned	https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5186
NVD Published Date:
09/06/2017
NVD Last Modified:
09/13/2017

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