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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2017-07-21T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T05:39:31.987Z
Reserved: 2015-04-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-3170
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-07-21T14:29:00.397
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:28:49.200
Link: CVE-2015-3170
Redhat