CVE-2017-16638
UNKNOWN
Published 2017-11-06T23:00:00
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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.
Available Exploits
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CRITICAL
GHSA-64jq-6pfg-748r
Advisory Details
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 Scoring
CVSS Score
9.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022
Published: 2017-11-06T23:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T20:27:04.404Z
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