CVE-2015-5198

libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH environment variable.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2015-09-08

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Libvdpau (Libvdpau Project)

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html
• http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253824