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Unscored CVE-2017-14484 EUVD-2017-5987GHSA-33j2-jqmj-8hx4

The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privil…

Published Sep 15, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.

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