High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14484
CVE-2017-14484
Description
The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:sci-mathematics-gimps:28.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <28.10-r1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
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