Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-5231

Description

The service daemon in CRIU does not properly restrict access to non-dumpable processes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via (1) process dumps or (2) ptrace access.

Affected products

Criu/Checkpoint\/restore In Userspace
cpe:2.3:a:criu:checkpoint\/restore_in_userspace:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OpenSUSE/openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.openvz.org/pipermail/criu/2015-August/021847.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00030.htmlnvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/5nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd

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