High severity7.8OSV Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-18225

Description

The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 installs jabberd, jabberd2-c2s, jabberd2-router, jabberd2-s2s, and jabberd2-sm in /usr/bin owned by the jabber account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account and then waiting for root to execute one of these programs.

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Affected products

Jabberstudio/Jabberd2OSV
Range: jabberd-2.6.1
File Project/net-im/jabberd2llm-create2 versions
<=2.6.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

bugs.gentoo.org/629412nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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