UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7529

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7529
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7529.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7529
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Published
2015-12-11T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T02:48:29.056867Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / sosreport

Package

Name
sosreport
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sosreport@3.1-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1-1ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

3.*
3.0-1
3.1-1
3.1-1ubuntu1
3.1-1ubuntu2
3.1-1ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "sosreport"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7529.json"