Upstream information

CVE-2015-1338 at MITRE

Description

kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1049352 [RESOLVED / INVALID], 947731 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 952246 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • apport >= 0.114-12.8.3.1
  • apport-crashdb-sle >= 0.114-0.8.3.1
  • apport-gtk >= 0.114-12.8.3.1
Patchnames:
slessp4-apport-13220


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 apport Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 apport Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 apport Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 apport Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 apport Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 apport-crashdb-sle Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS apport Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS apport Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 apport Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 apport-crashdb-sle Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 24 15:22:31 2015
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:05:42 2023