CVE-2015-3170

Published: Jul 21, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Selinux Project: Selinux

Selinux Project

1 product

Selinux

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Selinux Project Selinux	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-254

References (2)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218672

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218672

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

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