MGASA-2015-0352

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    MGASA-2015-0352

    Published: 8 Sept 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5224

    Summary: Updated util-linux packages fix CVE-2015-5224

    Details: Updated util-linux packages fix security vulnerability: The chfn and chsh commands in util-linux's login-utils are vulnerable to a file name collision due to incorrect mkstemp usage. If the chfn and chsh binaries are both setuid-root they eventually call mkostemp in such a way that an attacker could repeatedly call them and eventually be able to overwrite certain files in /etc (CVE-2015-5224).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0352.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16641, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/24/3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: util-linux

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/util-linux?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.25.2-3.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High