CVE-2015-3171

sosreport: temporary file created with world-readable permissions

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 5, 2015

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of sos package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource