CVE-2015-0278

libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Score

CVSS 2.0 10.0 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2015-05-18

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-273

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Libuv (Libuv Project)
• Node.js (Nodejs)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
• https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
• https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10