Vulnerability in Sos Project
CVE-2015-7529
sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sos Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 15.04, 15.10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 6.7, 7.2, 7.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus — versions 7.2, 7.3, 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7529?
- CVE-2015-7529 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sos Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-06.
- How severe is CVE-2015-7529?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-7529 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.