UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3171

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3171
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3171.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3171
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:12Z
Published
2017-07-25T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:11:29.363903Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / sosreport

Package

Name
sosreport
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sosreport@3.1-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.0-1
3.1-1
3.1-1ubuntu1
3.1-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sosreport",
            "binary_version": "3.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3171.json"