CVE-2015-7529: SoSReport Predictable Tmp File Names
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sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7529
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g56-2hh3-35ph
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-73.yaml
- github.com/sosreport/sos
- github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7529
- web.archive.org/web/20160416033632/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
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