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. 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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.7 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 33%
VendorProductVersion
linux-ax25ax25-tools
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< 0.0.8-13
debiandebian_linux
8.0
debiandebian_linux
9.0
debiandebian_linux
10.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
ax25-tools
bullseye
0.0.10-rc5+git20190411+3595f87-5
fixed
lenny
no-dsa
squeeze
no-dsa
bookworm
0.0.10-rc5+git20190411+3595f87-6
fixed
sid
0.0.10-rc5+git20230513+d3e6d4f-2
fixed
trixie
0.0.10-rc5+git20230513+d3e6d4f-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
ax25-tools
saucy
not-affected
raring
not-affected
quantal
not-affected
precise
not-affected
oneiric
ignored
natty
ignored
maverick
ignored
lucid
ignored
hardy
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2910
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2910
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2910
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2910
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2910
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2910