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ubuntu-cve-2015-3246

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-08-11 14:59

Modified

2026-05-20 14:48

Summary

Details

libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3246	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3246	REPORT

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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:48:56Z",
  "published": "2015-08-11T14:59:00Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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    }
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  ]
}

CVE-2015-3246 (GCVE-0-2015-3246)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

10 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-c…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Date Public

2015-07-23 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2015-3246 (GCVE-0-2015-3246)

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