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CVE-2018-0492 Details

Description

Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00002.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
beep project beep
<= 1.3.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:beep_project:beep:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-0492
NVD Published Date:
Apr 3, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]