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SUSE: CVE-2015-5198: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-5198: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/08/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/18/2015
Modified
06/21/2021

Description

libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH environment variable.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libvdpau-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libvdpau1
  • suse-upgrade-libvdpau1-32bit

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