CVE-2015-8326

Publication date 7 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

The IPTables-Parse module before 1.6 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files owned by the current user.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the IPTables-Parse module for Perl allowed local users to write arbitrary files owned by the current user.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libiptables-parse-perl	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.1-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libiptables-parse-perl	Upstream: b400b97

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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