CVE-2017-1000455

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

GuixSD prior to Git commit 5e66574a128937e7f2fcf146d146225703ccfd5d used POSIX hard links incorrectly, leading the creation of setuid executables in "the store", violating a fundamental security assumption of GNU Guix.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-1000455

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-01-02T17:29:01

Last Modified Date
2018-01-30T14:25:07

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-346	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/346.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:guixsd::::::::	1	OR		0.13.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-10/msg00090.html	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000455
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000455

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:49:26				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:33:18	2018-01-02T17:29Z	2018-01-02T17:29:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 00:33:18		2018-01-30T14:25:07	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 00:33:18		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated