Race condition in beep - CVE-2018-0492
Published: April 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11527
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0492
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to race condition if setuid. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges and perform further attacks.
The weakness exists due to race condition if setuid. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges and perform further attacks.
Affected software
beep
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0492
Install update from vendor's website.