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CVE-2021-43412 (GCVE-0-2021-43412)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-07 17:07 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:55
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Summary
An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. libports accepts fake notification messages from any client on any port, which can lead to port use-after-free. This can be exploited for local privilege escalation to get full root access.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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