# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pqv4-g55h-5j74, RHSA-2015:2369

## 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 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3248?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `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: Openhpi Openhpi.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-3248?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-3248 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3248 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-3248 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3248 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2015-3248/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3248/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3248
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3248
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-3248

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.