The Gentoo net-misc/vde package before version 2.3.2-r4 may allow members of the "qemu" group to gain root privileges by creating a hard link in a directory on which "chown" is called recursively by the OpenRC service script.
                
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    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
  EUVD | 
                EUVD-2017-7825 | The Gentoo net-misc/vde package before version 2.3.2-r4 may allow members of the "qemu" group to gain root privileges by creating a hard link in a directory on which "chown" is called recursively by the OpenRC service script. | 
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:27:04.404Z
Reserved: 2017-11-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-16638
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-11-06T23:29:00.297
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-16638
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