CVE-2017-18225

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-18225
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-12 04:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 installs jabberd, jabberd2-c2s, jabberd2-router, jabberd2-s2s, and jabberd2-sm in /usr/bin owned by the jabber account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account and then waiting for root to execute one of these programs.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux - All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux - All All All
Application Jabberd2 Jabberd2 All All All All

References

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629412 – (CVE-2017-18225) net-im/jabberd2: system executables owned by non-root user CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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