CVE-2018-0492 Information

Description

Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4 if setuid has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00002.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44452/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0