The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak permissions for private files in…

Description

The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port, which allows local users to write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.35% · top 72% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-732 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-732 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.scala-lang:scala-compilerGHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g (opens in a new tab)

References (19)

• https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6120 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6108 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201812-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://scala-lang.org/news/security-update-nov17.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [activemq-issues] 20190820 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7279) Security Vulnerabilities in Libraries - jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar, tomcat-servlet-api-8.0.53.jar, tomcat-websocket-api-8.0.53.jar, zookeeper-3.4.6.jar, guava-18.0.jar, jetty-all-9.2.26.v20180806.jar, scala-library-2.11.0.jar (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [kafka-dev] 20210211 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-12325) Update to secure versions of scala libraries due to CVE-2017-15288 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [kafka-jira] 20210211 [jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [kafka-jira] 20210211 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-12325) Update to secure versions of scala libraries due to CVE-2017-15288 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [kafka-jira] 20210212 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [kafka-jira] 20210214 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [kafka-jira] 20210215 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [kafka-dev] 20210215 [jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [kafka-jira] 20210215 [jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [druid-commits] 20210302 [GitHub] [druid] abhishekagarwal87 opened a new pull request #10933: Suppress CVE-2017-15288 and upgrade bcprov-ext-jdk15on (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [druid-commits] 20210302 [GitHub] [druid] maytasm merged pull request #10933: Suppress CVE-2017-15288 and upgrade bcprov-ext-jdk15on (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 19:50 UTC.