What is CVE-2015-3248?

CVE-2015-3248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openhpi, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2015-3248?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-3248 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Openhpi

CVE-2015-3248

openhpi/Makefile.am in OpenHPI before 3.6.0 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/openhpi directory, which allows local users, when quotas are not properly setup, to fill the filesystem hosting /var/lib and cause a denial of service (disk consumption).

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (36.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Openhpi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3248?: CVE-2015-3248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openhpi, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2015-3248?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-3248 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.