PT-2015-1992 · Videolan+3 · Libvdpau+3

Florian Weimer · Published 2015-09-01 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5199

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libvdpau versions prior to 1.1.1

Description The issue is related to a directory traversal vulnerability in the dlopen function of libvdpau. This vulnerability can be exploited by local users to gain privileges via manipulation of the VDPAU DRIVER environment variable. The vulnerability exists due to incorrect restriction of the path name to a directory with limited access.

Recommendations For libvdpau versions prior to 1.1.1, update to version 1.1.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the VDPAU DRIVER environment variable to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1741

BDU:2015-11338

CVE-2015-5199

DLA-306-1

DSA-3355-1

DSA-3355-2

MGASA-2015-0364

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10224-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1892-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1925-1

USN-2729-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libvdpau

References · 47

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:1892-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5198 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3355-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11337 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0364.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3355-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5199 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5198 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3355-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0364 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3355-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html · Vendor Advisory