4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Issue Overview:
It was found that the system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories (~/Desktop etc) on first login. This could lead to user’s files being inadvertently exposed to other local users.(CVE-2017-15131)
Affected Packages:
xdg-user-dirs
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update xdg-user-dirs to update your system.
New Packages:
src:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.amzn2.src
x86_64:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.amzn2.x86_64
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.amzn2.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2017-15131
Mitre: CVE-2017-15131
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | xdg-user-dirs | < 0.15-5.amzn2 | xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.amzn2.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo | < 0.15-5.amzn2 | xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.amzn2.x86_64.rpm |
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%