CVE-2017-16638

Published Nov 6, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7825 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:27 PM
Reserved
Nov 6, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 6, 2017, 11:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:09 AM