CVE-2015-0278

critical

Description

libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ

https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215

https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-05-18

Updated: 2023-02-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical