CVE-2015-3245
Estado: ModificadaBaja (2.1)—
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the chfn function in libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, allows local users to cause a denial of service (/etc/passwd corruption) via a newline character in the GECOS field.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Puntuación base: 2.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 5.35%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 92
- Fecha de la puntuación: 2/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76021
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76021
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt
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