ghsa-fpp6-vh8j-3rgm
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 00:27
Modified
2022-05-17 00:27
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

** DISPUTED ** kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 mishandles uid and gid mappings, which allows local users to gain privileges by establishing a user namespace, waiting for a root process to enter that namespace with an unsafe uid or gid, and then using the ptrace system call. NOTE: the vendor states "there is no kernel bug here."

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-8709"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-02-08T03:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "** DISPUTED ** kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 mishandles uid and gid mappings, which allows local users to gain privileges by establishing a user namespace, waiting for a root process to enter that namespace with an unsafe uid or gid, and then using the ptrace system call.  NOTE: the vendor states \"there is no kernel bug here.\"",
  "id": "GHSA-fpp6-vh8j-3rgm",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T00:27:49Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:27:49Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/25/71"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}


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