VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-3170

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-07-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

selinux-policy when sysctl fs.protected_hardlinks are set to 0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SSH login prevention) by creating a hardlink to /etc/passwd from a directory named .config, and updating selinux-policy.

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