UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18018

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18018
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18018.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18018
Related
Published
2018-01-04T04:29:00Z
Modified
2024-12-18T16:33:07Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils?arch=src?distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.20-3ubuntu5
8.21-1ubuntu3
8.21-1ubuntu4
8.21-1ubuntu5
8.21-1ubuntu5.1
8.21-1ubuntu5.3
8.21-1ubuntu5.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.23-4ubuntu2
8.25-2ubuntu2
8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.26-3ubuntu4
8.28-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.30-3ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.30-3ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.30-3ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "coreutils-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils?arch=src?distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.32-4ubuntu3

Affected versions

8.*

8.32-4ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.32-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "coreutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.32-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "coreutils-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}