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CVE-2017-16638

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.

Score
9.8 critical
Published
2017-11-06
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
net/vdevde1.5.7_1unaddressedports@FreeBSD.org

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>vde</name>
	<range><lt>2.3.2</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2017-16638</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16638</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2017-11-06</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>