CVE-2015-3142

MEDIUM 4.7CVE-2015-3142 · Published 26/06/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-3142 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability affecting automatic bug reporting tool (redhat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 28.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
automatic bug reporting tool redhat	`≤ 2.1.11`	No fix yet

Description

The kernel-invoked coredump processor in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly check the ownership of files before writing core dumps to them, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging write permissions to the working directory of a crashed application.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html · Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/75116 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

automatic bug reporting tool

redhat

≤ 2.1.11

No fix yet

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