What is CVE-2015-0796?

CVE-2015-0796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Open Buildservice, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2018-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2015-0796?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in openSUSE Open Buildservice

CVE-2015-0796

In open buildservice 2.6 before 2.6.3, 2.5 before 2.5.7 and 2.4 before 2.4.8 the source service patch application could generate non-standard files like symlinks or device nodes, which could allow buildservice users to break of confinement or cause denial of service attacks on the source service.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2018-03-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Open Buildservice
SUSE Open Build Service — versions 2.5, 2.4, 2.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-0796?: CVE-2015-0796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Open Buildservice, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2018-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2015-0796?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.