CVE-2015-3248

MEDIUM

openhpi < 3.5.0 - Denial of Service via World-Writable /var/lib/openhpi Directory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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).

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://openhpi.org/Changelogs/3.6.0
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168841.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233521

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 36.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
openhpi/openhpi < 3.5.0
Published Sep 26, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026