VDB
CVE-2017-20148
CVE-2017-20148
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.
EPSS 0.98% · 59.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.98%
59.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | logcheck | *, 1.3.17, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | logcheck | 1.3.23, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | logcheck | 0, 1.3.18 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | logcheck | 0, 1.4.3ubuntu1, 1.4.5 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | logcheck | 0, 1.3.20 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | logcheck | 1.4.3, 0 |
Timeline
- Sep 20, 2022 CVE Published
- Sep 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 18, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 15, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-20148 third-party-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20148 third-party-advisory