PT-2019-6654 · Unknown · Ax25-Tools

Dan Rosenberg · Published 2019-11-15 · Updated 2019-11-26 · CVE-2011-2910

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ax25-tools versions prior to 0.0.8-13

Description The issue is related to the AX.25 daemon (ax25d) not checking the return value of a setuid call, which is responsible for dropping privileges. If the setuid call fails, the daemon continues to run with root privileges, potentially allowing privilege escalation.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.0.8-13, update to version 0.0.8-13 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ax25d daemon to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2910

Affected Products

Ax25-Tools

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-2910 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2910 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2910 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2910 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2910 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2910 · Note