CVE-2017-16638
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Published: November 6, 2017 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:09 AM UTC
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The Gentoo net-misc/vde package before version 2.3.2-r4 may allow members of the "qemu" group to gain root privileges by creating a hard link in a directory on which "chown" is called recursively by the OpenRC service script.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.3.2r4
Affected range stops below 2.3.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/603382Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-11Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732
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