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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-0278

CVE-2015-0278

Description

libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

3

Fedoraproject/Fedora
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Libuv Project/Libuv
cpe:2.3:a:libuv_project:libuv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.10.33
Node.js/Node.js
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <0.10.37

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

7

github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10nvdThird Party Advisory
groups.google.com/forum/nvd

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