CVE-2017-16638 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers in the qemu group can gain root privileges via hard link attacks during recursive chown operations in the VDE service script.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-16638?
CVE-2017-16638 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16638?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vde Project Vde.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16638?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16638 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-16638 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16638 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-64jq-6pfg-748r.