CVE-2011-2910

The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call

published November 15, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call. The setuid call is responsible for dropping privileges but if the call fails the daemon would continue to run with root privileges which can allow possible privilege escalation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00375 · 30.0th percentile
Published
2019-11-15T16:37Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 NOV 16:37Z
    The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call
    cvelistv5