PT-2017-14504 · Gentoo · Openrc+1

Michael Orlitzky · Published 2017-11-06 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-16638

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gentoo net-misc/vde versions prior to 2.3.2-r4

Description The issue 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.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.2-r4, update to version 2.3.2-r4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16638

Affected Products

Openrc

Vde

References · 4

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/603382 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16638 · Security Note