CVE-2015-1350

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4904-1

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program.

El subsistema VFS en el kernel de Linux 3.x provee un conjunto incompleto de requerimientos para operaciones setattr que subespecifica eliminando atributos de extensión de privilegios, lo que permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (desprovisión de capacidad) a través de una invocación fallida of a system call, según lo demostrado usando chown para eliminar una capacidad una capacidad de ping o del programa dumpcap de Wireshark.

USN-3358-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Please note that this update changes the Linux HWE kernel to the 4.10 based kernel from Ubuntu 17.04, superseding the 4.8 based HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.10. Ben Harris discovered that the Linux kernel would strip extended privilege attributes of files when performing a failed unprivileged system call. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-01-24 CVE Reserved
2016-05-02 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/5	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76075	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770492	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142153722930533&w=2	2021-07-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185139	2021-07-15

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 3.0 <= 3.19.8 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.0 <= 3.19.8"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Mrg Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Mrg"				2.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Mrg" and version "2.0"		-		Affected