CVE-2017-18018
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
Product
Gnu Coreutils
PublishedJan 4, 2018
First seenJan 4, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-362Race condition
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gnu coreutils | v ≤ 8.29 | — |
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