Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-21269

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink...

CVE-2018-21269

CVE-2018-21269 affects OpenRC up to version 0.42.1. The vulnerability arises in the checkpath logic where a non-terminal path component can be a symlink, allowing a local user to take ownership of arbitrary files. Affected: OpenRC 0.42.1 and earlier. Impact: local privilege escalation via file ow...

CVE-2018-21269

checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink...