CVE-2015-3339
Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root
02 Description
Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 24.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-05-27 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 22b986149f3e52845fb6ab66ea10bd1e2a780b72066303d49c01a0656e15015d
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1491http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html
- www.securitytracker.com1032412http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1489http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1488http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-8518http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3237http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-7736http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150420 Re: Linux: chown() was racy relative to execve() - Linux kernelhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:2074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1272http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1487http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt9-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt9-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt9-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-52.85
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-37.49~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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