Security Bulletin
Summary
Privilege escalation vulnerability in libuv, caused by the failure to invoke setgroups prior to calling setuid and setgid.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0278
Description: libuv could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to invoke setgroups prior to calling setuid and setgid. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.600
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101787 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
This vulnerability affects IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.0.12 and previous releases.
Remediation/Fixes
The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.0.13 and subsequent releases.
IBM SDK for Node.js can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from here.
IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.
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References
Change History
7 April 2015: Original version published
8 April 2015: Fix minor typographical issues
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
08 August 2018
UID
swg21701594