CVE-2017-14484

Published Sep 15, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.3 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5987 The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:27 PM
Reserved
Sep 15, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 15, 2017, 10:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:06 AM