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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2018-0492 EUVD-2018-1315GHSA-wcqx-v7mj-x2h4

Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

Published Apr 3, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by debian

Package: beep Package: beep Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— beep beep —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 beep 1.3-5 —
Debian 13 beep 1.3-5 —
Debian 12 beep 1.3-5 —
Debian 9 beep 1.3-4+deb9u1 DSA-4163-1
Debian 8 beep 1.3-3+deb8u1 DSA-4163-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 7 beep 1.3-3+deb7u1 DLA-1338-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS beep 1.3-4+deb9u1~build0.16.04.1 —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS beep 1.3-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 2

References