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CVE-2015-0278

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Date: May 18, 2015

libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0278

Url: https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ

Url: https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215

Url: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228

Url: https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-0278

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

CWE-273

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 0.10.34

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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