CVE-2017-16638
CRITICALGentoo net-misc/vde <2.3.2-r4 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.gentoo.org/603382
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-11
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
47.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (1)
vde_project/vde
< 2.3.2
Published
Nov 06, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026