CVE-2015-3248

low-risk

Published 2017-09-26

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).

Do I need to act?

0.10% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.7/10 Medium

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Openhpi

Affected Vendors

Openhpi

References (6)

Third Party Advisory http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168841.ht...

Release Notes http://openhpi.org/Changelogs/3.6.0

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233521

Third Party Advisory http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168841.ht...

Release Notes http://openhpi.org/Changelogs/3.6.0

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233521

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low-risk

Severity 12/34 · Low

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal