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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-36657: uptimed: Root Privilege Escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-36657: uptimed: Root Privilege Escalation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/26/2023
Created
05/05/2023
Added
05/04/2023
Modified
05/04/2023

Description

uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the uptimed user account) to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-misc-uptimed

References

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