CVE-2017-16638 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.gentoo.org/603382 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-11

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8