PT-2015-1993 · Videolan+3 · Libvdpau+3

Florian Weimer · Published 2015-09-01 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5198

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 insufficient access control in certain functions of the libvdpau library. It can be exploited by a local attacker to elevate privileges by manipulating the VDPAU DRIVER PATH environment variable.

Recommendations For 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 PATH environment variable to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1741

BDU:2015-11339

CVE-2015-5198

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

SUSE-SU-2015_1892-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1925-1

USN-2729-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libvdpau

References · 53

• 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5198 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11337 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0364.html · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5199 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3355-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5198 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5198 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3355-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0364 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3355-1 · Vendor Advisory