CVE-2015-3171

Publication date 25 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
sosreport 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by 8d2577786cce6fcc915836108e405dbf5025dec8

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
sosreport

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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