CVE-2015-3248 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause denial of service by filling the filesystem due to world-writable permissions in OpenHPI when quotas are not configured.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-3248?
CVE-2015-3248 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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).
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3248?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (12)
openhpi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
openhpi-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:3.4.0-2.el7 |
Products include Openhpi Openhpi.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3248?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-3248 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3248 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pqv4-g55h-5j74, RHSA-2015:2369.