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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

Published Sep 15, 2017

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.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

References (1)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 15, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Sep 15, 2017
Link CVE-2017-14484
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-14484
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-14484