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CVE-2015-0796
open build service source server symlink exploitation via source patch
Medium6.3EPSS 0.86%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
In open buildservice 2.6 before 2.6.3, 2.5 before 2.5.7 and 2.4 before 2.4.8 the source service patch application could generate non-standard files like symlinks or device nodes, which could allow buildservice users to break of confinement or cause denial of service attacks on the source service.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
- creation of non-standard files
- CWE-434 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-434 and its CVEs
- CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 2.6 – < 2.6.3
- affected 2.5 – < 2.5.7
- affected 2.4 – < 2.4.8
References (2)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=941099 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/474a3db19498765f0118ba3dbc0b1cc90b0097fc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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