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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-20148: Vulnerability in Logcheck

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-20148: Vulnerability in Logcheck

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/20/2022
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/21/2024
Modified
03/22/2024

Description

In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-logcheck

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