PT-2021-23841 · Gnu Hurd · Gnu Hurd

Sergey Bugaev · Published 2021-11-07 · Updated 2023-08-08 · CVE-2021-43414

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CVSS v2.0

6.9

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Hurd versions prior to 0.9 20210404-9

Description An issue in the authentication protocol used by the proc server makes it vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. This can be exploited for local privilege escalation, allowing attackers to gain full root access.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9 20210404-9, update to version 0.9 20210404-9 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-43414

Affected Products

Gnu Hurd

References · 4

• 🔥 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2021-05/msg00079.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg32114.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43414 · Security Note
• https://mail-archive.com/bug-hurd%40gnu.org/msg32114.html · Note