CVE-2015-3248

openhpi/Makefile.am in OpenHPI before 3.6.0 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/openhpi directory, which allows local users, when quotas are not properly setup, to fill the filesystem hosting /var/lib and cause a denial of service (disk consumption).

CVSS v3 4.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.7 MEDIUM

4.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168841.html	Third Party Advisory
http://openhpi.org/Changelogs/3.6.0	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233521	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168841.html	Third Party Advisory
http://openhpi.org/Changelogs/3.6.0	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233521	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openhpi:openhpi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-09-26 15:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2015-3248

Mitre link : CVE-2015-3248

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-3248

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openhpi

openhpi

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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