What is CVE-2017-18226?

CVE-2017-18226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-18226?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux

CVE-2017-18226

The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 sets the ownership of /var/run/jabber to the jabber account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this account for PID file modification before a…

EPSS: 0.002 (16.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gentoo Linux
Jabberd2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18226?: CVE-2017-18226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-18226?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.