Gentoo update for Scala



Published: 2018-12-17
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-15288
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU16559

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15288

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the compilation daemon uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port. A local attacker can write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
dev-lang/scala to version: 2.12.4

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-08


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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