CVE-2015-3238

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 84.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2015-08-24 14:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 05:39Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-04-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

adb9681a98a17e60ca516a0a62bbaa281f44551e522fdc16764b6be3491754b7

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-10830http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1640http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1640.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150625 Linux-PAM 1.2.1 released to address CVE-2015-3238http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.trustwave.comhttps://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-011/?fid=6551x_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201605-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2935-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2935-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2935-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-10848http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161350.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com75428http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75428vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.trustwave.comhttps://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Username-Enumeration-against-OpenSSH-SELinux-with-CVE-2015-3238/x_refsource_MISC