PT-2015-6825 · Red Hat +1 · Abrt +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ABRT versions prior to 2.7.1 Description: The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp. This is related to the...

abrt: missing process environment sanitizaton in abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache

It was discovered that the abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache helper program did not properly filter the process environment before invoking abrt-action-install-debuginfo. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system...