CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
GIMPS is a client for the distributed Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. SETI@home is the client for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. ChessBrain is the client for the distributed chess supercomputer.
GIMPS, SETI@home and ChessBrain ebuilds install user-owned binaries and init scripts which are executed with root privileges.
This could lead to a local privilege escalation or root compromise.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All GIMPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-misc/gimps-23.9-r1"
All SETI@home users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-misc/setiathome-3.03-r2"
All ChessBrain users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-misc/chessbrain-20407-r1"
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gentoo | any | all | sci-misc/gimps | <= 23.9 | UNKNOWN |
Gentoo | any | all | sci-misc/setiathome | <= 3.08-r3 | UNKNOWN |
Gentoo | any | all | sci-misc/chessbrain | <= 20407 | UNKNOWN |