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CVE-2014-3215 json

seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship bet…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-3232

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.

Patch / fix

  • libcap-ng RHEL 7 0.7.5-4.el7
  • libcap-ng-utils RHEL 7 0.7.5-4.el7
  • libcap-ng-python RHEL 7 0.7.5-4.el7
  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6
  • python-perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6

red hat advisories RHBA-2015:2161RHSA-2015:0864

  • libcap-ng SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 0.6.3-1.9.6

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0375-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3215 updated cvss 6.9

policycoreutils: local privilege escalation via seunshare

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 policycoreutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libcap-ng, selinux-policy, libcap-ng-utils, policycoreutils, libcap-ng-python, selinux-policy-mls, +6 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libcap-ng 0.7.5-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libcap-ng-utils 0.7.5-4.el7, libcap-ng-python 0.7.5-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libcap-ng 0.7.5-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libcap-ng-utils 0.7.5-4.el7, libcap-ng-python 0.7.5-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:2161
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0864
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libcap-ng 0.7.5-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:2161
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0864
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libcap-ng-utils 0.7.5-4.el7, libcap-ng-python 0.7.5-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:2161
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0864
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libcap-ng 0.7.5-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:2161
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0864
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libcap-ng-utils 0.7.5-4.el7, libcap-ng-python 0.7.5-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:2161
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 selinux-policy, policycoreutils, selinux-policy-mls, policycoreutils-gui, policycoreutils-python, selinux-policy-minimum, +5 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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