CVE-2015-3315
abrt: Various race-conditions and symlink issues found in abrt
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · April 14, 2015
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
It was found that ABRT was vulnerable to multiple race condition and symbolic link flaws. A local attacker could use either of these flaws to potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Statement
This issue affects the versions of the abrt package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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
It is recommended to disable abrt via the following command line, till the flaws have been resolved: sysctl -w kern.core_pattern=core
Note: This will reset, if abrt is re-started.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')