CVE-2017-6972
Critical
Description
AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping and unnecessarily execute the NfSen Perl code as root, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104945, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6970 and CVE-2017-6971.
SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductAlienvault Ossim
PublishedMar 22, 2017
First seenMar 22, 2017
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alienvault ossim | v ≤ 5.3.6 | — |
| alienvault unified_security_management | v ≤ 5.3.6 | — |
| nfsen nfsen | v ≤ 1.3.7 | — |
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