CVE-2015-5186 Command injection in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published 6 Sep 2017 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Attackers can execute arbitrary commands by exploiting unsanitized escape characters in filenames within the Linux audit utility.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2015-5186?

CVE-2015-5186 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5186?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (15)

`audit` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	All versions	`2.8.1-8.3.1`
`audit-secondary` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	All versions	`2.8.1-8.3.3`
`audit` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	All versions	`2.8.1-10.3.2`
`audit-secondary` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	All versions	`2.8.1-10.3.2`
`audit` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	All versions	`2.8.1-8.3.1`
`audit-secondary` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	All versions	`2.8.1-8.3.3`
`audit` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	All versions	`2.8.1-10.3.2`
`audit-secondary` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	All versions	`2.8.1-10.3.2`
`audit` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	All versions	`2.8.1-8.3.1`
`audit-secondary` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	All versions	`2.8.1-8.3.3`
`audit` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	All versions	`2.8.1-10.3.2`
`audit-secondary` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	All versions	`2.8.1-10.3.2`
`audit` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	All versions	`2.8.1-8.3.1`
`audit` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	All versions	`2.8.1-10.3.2`
`audit` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	All versions	`2.5-1.82`

Products include Linux Audit Project Linux Audit.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5186?

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-2015-5186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5186, GHSA-xcgq-gmv8-4m3c, MGASA-2015-0333, SUSE-SU-2019:0563-1, SUSE-SU-2019:1166-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5186 and 1 more.