A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions. A local user with access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2015-03-05 09:31 | ALAS-2015-489 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |