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CVE-2015-3339

CVSS v2.0 6.2 (Medium)
62% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 36
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Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2015-05-27 10:59:11
(9 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-11-07 02:25:36
(10 months ago)

Affected Products

Debian

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 3.19.5 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 3.19.5

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
  Debian Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0