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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

Published Nov 6, 2017

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment

References (2)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 6, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Nov 6, 2017
Link CVE-2017-16638
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-16638
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-16638