CVE-2017-16638

The Gentoo net-misc/vde package before version 2.3.2-r4 may allow members of the "qemu" group to gain root privileges by creating a hard link in a directory on which "chown" is called recursively by the OpenRC service script.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.gentoo.org/603382	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-11	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:vde_project:vde:*:r4:*:*:*:gentoo:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-11-06 23:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:04

NVD link : CVE-2017-16638

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16638

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16638

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vde_project

vde

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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