CVE - CVE-2014-3215

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-3215	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.
References
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BID:67341 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341 CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2015:156 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140429 local privilege escalation due to capng_lock as used in seunshare URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140430 Re: local privilege escalation due to capng_lock as used in seunshare URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140507 Re: local privilege escalation due to capng_lock as used in seunshare URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1 REDHAT:RHSA-2015:0864 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html SECUNIA:59007 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59007 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0749 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140503	Disclaimer: The record 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 (20140503)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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