CVE-2022-42917

Summary

In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the configuration directory (/etc/frr) and replacing config files upon creation with, for example, symlinks to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This is a TOCTOU Race Condition caused by a combination of touch and chown.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
FRRoutingFRRouting0 < 4.5affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-367: CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References