CVE - CVE-2015-3339

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-3339	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20150420 Re: Linux: chown() was racy relative to execve() - Linux kernel URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html DEBIAN:DSA-3237 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-7736 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-8518 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1272 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2016:2074 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1487 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1488 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1489 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:1491 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html SECTRACK:1032412 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412
Date Entry Created
20150420	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20150420)
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CVE-2015-3339