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CVE-2011-2910

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2011
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

Plain text

CNA source text (English)

The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call. The setuid call is responsible for dropping privileges but if the call fails the daemon would continue to run with root privileges which can allow possible privilege escalation.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

ax25-tools

Vendor
ax25-tools
Product
ax25-tools
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
Unknown
ax25-tools · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
before 0.0.8-13affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed