Logcheck up to 1.3.23.ebuild on Gentoo privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Logcheck up to 1.3.23.ebuild on Gentoo. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-20148. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Logcheck up to 1.3.23.ebuild on Gentoo. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 09/21/2022. The advisory is shared at bugs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-20148 since 09/20/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/20/2022 🔍
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05/29/2025 +981 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-20148 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-20148
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209181

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2022 08:26
Updated: 05/29/2025 16:26
Changes: 09/21/2022 08:26 (36), 10/21/2022 14:20 (11), 05/29/2025 16:26 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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