UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5186

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5186
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5186.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5186
Upstream
Published
2017-09-06T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:07.619749Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / audit

Package

Name
audit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/audit@1:2.3.2-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.2.2-1ubuntu4
1:2.3.2-2ubuntu1

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / audit

Package

Name
audit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/audit@1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.4.2-1ubuntu1
1:2.4.4-4ubuntu1
1:2.4.5-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "audispd-plugins",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "audispd-plugins-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "auditd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "auditd-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-redhat-audit-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaudit-common",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaudit-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaudit1",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libaudit1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libauparse-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libauparse0",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libauparse0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-audit",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-audit",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}