CVE-2017-14484 | BDVDB-2026-90536 Detail

Description#

The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=603408

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-09-15Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.