CVE-2015-1815 Command injection in n/a
Critical 10.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1815 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2015-1815 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 30 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1815 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1815/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1815/index.md)
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in file names processed by setroubleshoot, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-1815?
CVE-2015-1815 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 30 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The get_rpm_nvr_by_file_path_temporary function in util.py in setroubleshoot before 3.2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1815?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (28)
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.0.5-7.el5_11 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.0.5-7.el5_11 |
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.0.5-7.el5_11 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.0.5-7.el5_11 |
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:3.0.47-6.el6_6.1 |
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
setroubleshoot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
setroubleshoot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.ael7b_1 |
setroubleshoot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.ael7b_1 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.ael7b_1 |
setroubleshoot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
setroubleshoot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
setroubleshoot-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Selinux Setroubleshoot.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1815?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2015-1815 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1815 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-6hj4-3cj5-hqm9, RHSA-2015:0729.