CVE-2017-20148

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Logcheck versions through 1.3.23

Description The issue allows for root privilege escalation from the logcheck user due to insecure recursive chown calls in the ebuild package for Logcheck on Gentoo.

Recommendations For versions through 1.3.23, consider restricting access to the logcheck user to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.