CVE-2015-3170

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…

published July 21, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00274 · 18.6th percentile
Published
2017-07-21T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JUL 14:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5