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The Gentoo net-misc/vde package before version 2.3.2-r4...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 6, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-16638

GHSA ID

GHSA-64jq-6pfg-748r

Source code

No known source code

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