CVE-2015-5199
published 2015-09-08CVE-2015-5199: Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
PriorityP430high7.2CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCCICAC
EPSS
0.51%
40.4th percentile
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | libvdpau | < libvdpau 1.1.1-1 (bookworm) | libvdpau 1.1.1-1 (bookworm) |
| libvdpau_project | libvdpau | <= 1.1.0 | — |
| libvdpau_project | libvdpau | >= 0 < 1.1.1-1 | 1.1.1-1 |
| libvdpau_project | libvdpau | >= 0 < 1.1.1-1 | 1.1.1-1 |
| libvdpau_project | libvdpau | >= 0 < 1.1.1-1 | 1.1.1-1 |
| libvdpau_project | libvdpau | >= 0 < 1.1.1-1 | 1.1.1-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.2HIGH
vendor_debian7.2HIGH
vendor_redhat7.2HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-gfjj-596m-mjf9: Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2015-5199 [HIGH] CWE-22 GHSA-gfjj-596m-mjf9: Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
OSV
CVE-2015-5199: Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1
osv·2015-09-08·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2015-5199 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5199: Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
Ubuntu
libvdpau vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2015-09-03
CVE-2015-5198 libvdpau vulnerabilities
Title: libvdpau vulnerabilities
Summary: libvdpau could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Florian Weimer discovered that libvdpau incorrectly handled certain
environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
gain privileges.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
libvdpau directory traversal in dlopen
vendor_redhat·2015-08-31·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2015-5199 [HIGH] libvdpau directory traversal in dlopen
libvdpau directory traversal in dlopen
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
Package: libvdpau (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Affected
Debian
CVE-2015-5199: libvdpau - Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows loca...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2015-5199 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5199: libvdpau - Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows loca...
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.1.1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.1.1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.1.1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.1.1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.1.1-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5198 CVE-2015-5199 CVE-2015-5200 libvdpau: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-08-31·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2015-5198 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5198 CVE-2015-5199 CVE-2015-5200 libvdpau: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2015-5198 CVE-2015-5199 CVE-2015-5200 libvdpau: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5199 libvdpau directory traversal in dlopen
bugzilla·2015-08-14·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2015-5199 [HIGH] CVE-2015-5199 libvdpau directory traversal in dlopen
CVE-2015-5199 libvdpau directory traversal in dlopen
It was discovered that libvdpau does not guard against directory traversal while processing the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable. This may allow local attackers gain additional privileges.
Acknowledgements:
This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.
Discussion:
External references:
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html
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Created libvdpau tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1258644]
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libvdpau-1.1.1-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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Upstream patch:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/libvdpau/commit/?id=d1f9c16b1a8187110e501c9116d21ffee25c0ba4
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.htmlhttp://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253826http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.htmlhttp://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253826
2015-09-08
Published