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6.7 Medium

CVE-2022-42917 In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the…

Description

In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the configuration directory (/etc/frr) and replacing config files upon creation with, for example, symlinks to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This is a TOCTOU Race Condition caused by a combination of touch and chown.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
n/a Versions not published
FRRouting 4.5 earliest → < 4.5 4.5
The 144658 CVEs of n/a →
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