CVE-2015-3246
high CISA KEVRed Hat Libuser Race Condition Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Red Hat — Libuser
libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022 secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873 secalert@redhat.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/ secalert@redhat.com
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.... secalert@redhat.com
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic... 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3246 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0