Description
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List x_refsource_confirm
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10
Scores
EPSS
0.0159
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-273
Status
published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora
21
libuv_project/libuv
< 0.10.33
nodejs/node.js
< 0.10.37
Published
May 18, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026