CVE-2015-3246: Red Hat Libuser Race Condition Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Red Hat Libuser Race Condition Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: 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.
Description
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Red Hat: Libuser
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html (opens in new tab)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html (opens in new tab)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html (opens in new tab)
- access.redhat.com/articles/1537873 (opens in new tab)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/ (opens in new tab)
- www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.tx… (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)