CVE-2017-14484

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps. This is due to an unsafe "chown -R" command being executed.

Recommendations For Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1, update to version 28.10-r1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /var/lib/gimps directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.