USN-2857-2

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / USN-2857-2

    USN-2857-2

    Published: 5 Jan 2016Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: linux-lts-vivid vulnerability

    Details: Nathan Williams discovered that overlayfs in the Linux kernel incorrectly handled setattr operations. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to create files with administrative permission attributes and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2857-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8660

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-lts-vivid

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.19.0-43.49~14.04.1

    Affected versions

    3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1
    3.19.0-20.20~14.04.1
    3.19.0-21.21~14.04.1
    3.19.0-22.22~14.04.1
    3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1
    3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1
    3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1
    3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
    3.19.0-30.33~14.04.1
    3.19.0-30.34~14.04.1
    3.19.0-31.36~14.04.1
    3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1
    3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1
    3.19.0-37.42~14.04.1
    3.19.0-39.44~14.04.1
    3.19.0-41.46~14.04.2
    3.19.0-42.48~14.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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