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ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018
ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.699999809265137 MEDIUM
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
4.699999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.8 | coreutils | 0, 8.21-r4, 8.24-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | coreutils | 7.5-r0, 7.4-r0, 7.6-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | coreutils | 8.22-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | coreutils | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | coreutils | 8.4-r1, 8.4-r2, 8.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | coreutils | 8.9-r0, 8.4-r1, 8.13-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | coreutils | 8.11-r0, 8.12-r0, 8.12-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | coreutils | 8.13-r0, 8.15-r0, 8.16-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | coreutils | 0, 7.1-r1, 7.4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | coreutils | 8.4-r1, 0, 7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | coreutils | 8.10-r1, 8.10-r0, 8.10-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | coreutils | 7.5-r0, 7.1-r1, 8.4-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | coreutils | 7.6-r0, 8.15-r0, 8.19-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | coreutils | 8.4-r0, 0, 7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | coreutils | 7.1-r0, 7.1-r1, 7.4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | coreutils | 7.1-r0, 8.10-r0, 8.4-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | coreutils | 8.22-r1, 8.16-r0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | coreutils | 0, 7.1-r0, 7.1-r1 |
Timeline
- Jan 4, 2018 CVE Published
- Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch