CVE-2017-20148

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information

Vendor
Debian
Status
Logcheck
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 September 2022

Summary

In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/630752
x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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