CVE-2011-2910
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Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ax25-tools | ax25-tools | before 0.0.8-13 | affected |
Weaknesses
- possible privilege escalation due to failure to check for s*id return values
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2910
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2910
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2910
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2910
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2910
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2910
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