Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:36723Privilege Escalation
10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.9%
libuv.so is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists in the uv__process_child_init function in process.c due to improper configurations of group privilege downgrade which allows an attacker to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
References
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmvq-6hjm-q8hj
github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10
Related
10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.9%