vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-18018: coreutils -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 4, 2018 | May 15, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 4, 2018
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
Description
In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.
Solution
no-fix-debian-deb-package
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