PT-2015-4553 · Red Hat+2 · Kexec-Tools+3

Harald Hoyer · Published 2015-02-12 · Updated 2023-02-12 · CVE-2015-0267

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions kexec-tools versions prior to 2.0.7-19

Description The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. This is related to the Red Hat module-setup.sh script for kexec-tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.7-19, update to version 2.0.7-19 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the module-setup.sh script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1159

CESA-2015_0986

CVE-2015-0267

RHSA-2015:0986

RHSA-2015_0986

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Kexec-Tools

References · 14

• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-1159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0986.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0267 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0267 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0986.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-May/033169.html · Note
• https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-May/058050.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74622 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0267 · Note
• https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-May/070606.html · Note
• https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-May/083293.html · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0986 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2015-0267 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0986.html · Note