Vulnerability in Vde Project
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.
EPSS: 0.014 (68.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Vde_project Vde
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-16638?
- CVE-2017-16638 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vde Project, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-06.
- How severe is CVE-2017-16638?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.