Vulnerability Details 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 /etc/passwd from a directory named .config, and updating selinux-policy.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
Products affected by CVE-2015-3170
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cpe:2.3:o:selinux_project:selinux:-