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CVE-2015-5231 json

The service daemon in CRIU does not properly restrict access to non-dumpable processes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive inform…

published 2016-06-07 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-5227

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The service daemon in CRIU does not properly restrict access to non-dumpable processes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via (1) process dumps or (2) ptrace access.

Patch / fix

  • criu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5231

  • criu openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.9-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10278-1

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-2015-5231 updated cvss 2.1

criu: service daemon allows to bypass ptrace policy

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 crit, criu, python-criu
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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