FKIE_CVE-2015-3339

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-05-27 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:25
Severity
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
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