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CVE-2015-0274

Public on 2015-03-05
Modified on 2015-03-05
Description

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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2015-03-05 09:31 ALAS-2015-489

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
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