UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5231

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5231
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5231.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5231
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:15Z
Published
2016-06-07T14:06:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:11:35.932806Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The service daemon in CRIU does not properly restrict access to non-dumpable processes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via (1) process dumps or (2) ptrace access.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / criu

Package

Name
criu
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/criu@2.6-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-2
1.7-3
1.7.2-1
1.7.2-2
1.8-2

2.*

2.0-2ubuntu1
2.0-2ubuntu2
2.0-2ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "criu",
            "binary_version": "2.6-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "criu-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.6-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5231.json"