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CVE-2011-2910

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 15, 2019 at 04:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxAx25-toolsAx25-ax25-tools

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call. The setuid call is responsible for dropping privileges but if the call fails the daemon would continue to run with root privileges which can allow possible privilege escalation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
10.08.09.0
Ax25-tools· Linux AX25
95%
v < 0.0.8-13
Affected range stops below 0.0.8-13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ax25-ax25-tools· Ax25-tools
60%
v < 0.0.8-13
Affected range stops below 0.0.8-13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2910
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2910
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2910

CVSS

6.7MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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