PT-2017-6531 · Gnu · Coreutils

Rikus Goodell + 1 · Published 2017-09-20 · Updated 2025-08-06 · CVE-2015-1865

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions coreutils version 8.4

Description The issue allows local users to delete arbitrary files due to a problem in fts.c.

Recommendations For coreutils version 8.4, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1865

Affected Products

Coreutils

References · 7

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1865 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1865 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1865 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1865 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211300 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76073 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131167 · Telegram Post