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CVE-2015-3248 json

openhpi/Makefile.am in OpenHPI before 3.6.0 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/openhpi directory, which allows local users, when…

published 2017-09-26 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3303

cvss
4.7
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

  • openhpi RHEL 7 3.4.0-2.el7
  • openhpi-libs RHEL 7 3.4.0-2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2369

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3248 updated cvss 4.6

openhpi: world writable /var/lib/openhpi directory

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openhpi Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openhpi, openhpi-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) openhpi 3.4.0-2.el7, openhpi-libs 3.4.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) openhpi-devel 3.4.0-2.el7, openhpi-debuginfo 3.4.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) openhpi 3.4.0-2.el7, openhpi-libs 3.4.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) openhpi-devel 3.4.0-2.el7, openhpi-debuginfo 3.4.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) openhpi 3.4.0-2.el7, openhpi-libs 3.4.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) openhpi-devel 3.4.0-2.el7, openhpi-debuginfo 3.4.0-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2369

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Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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