Privilege Context Switching Error Affecting pure-data/pure-data package, versions [,0.54-1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-PUREDATAPUREDATA-8068541
  • published 22 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 20 Sep 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade pure-data/pure-data to version 0.54-1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Context Switching Error due to unchecked use of setuid() in s_main.c. An attacker can exploit this to escalate privileges.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None