Vulnerability CVE-2015-5231

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-5231 (CCN-114543)

Assigned:

2015-08-25

Published:

2015-08-25

Updated:

2018-10-30

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
3.5 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-200

Vulnerability Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-5231

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2015:1593

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20150825 CVE-2015-5228 & CVE-2015-5231 in the criu service daemon

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 1256728
(CVE-2015-5231) CVE-2015-5231 criu: service daemon allows to bypass ptrace policy

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256728

Source: CCN
Type: CRIU Web site
CRIU

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
criu-cve20155231-info-disc(114543)

Source: MLIST
Type: Vendor Advisory
[CRIU] 20150825 Hardening the criu service daemon

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2015-5231

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:criu:checkpoint/restore_in_userspace:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:criu:criu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20155231	V	CVE-2015-5231	2022-06-30
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112115	P	criu-2.9-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105652	P	Security update for containerd, docker, runc (Important)	2021-10-25
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201552310000000	V	CVE-2015-5231 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-06-07
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20155231000	V	CVE-2015-5231 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2016-06-07
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20155231000	V	CVE-2015-5231 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-06-07
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201552310000000	V	CVE-2015-5231 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2016-06-07
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20155231000	V	CVE-2015-5231 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2016-06-07
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201552310000000	V	CVE-2015-5231 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-06-07
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20155231000	V	CVE-2015-5231 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-06-07

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