CVE-2018-21269

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-21269
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-27 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-02 19:26:00 UTC
Descriptioncheckpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openrc Project Openrc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2018-21269: checkpath root privilege escalation following non-terminal symlinks · Issue #201 · OpenRC/openrc · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500558 Alpine Linux Security Update for openrc
  • 501461 Alpine Linux Security Update for openrc

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