What is CVE-2015-3171?

CVE-2015-3171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sos Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2015-3171?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Sos Project

CVE-2015-3171

sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (26.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Sos_project Sos — versions 3.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3171?: CVE-2015-3171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sos Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2015-3171?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.