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CVE-2024-38531

Published: Jun 28, 2024

Modified: Aug 2, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

3.6

LOW

Description

Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. A build process has access to and can change the permissions of the build directory. After creating a setuid binary in a globally accessible location, a malicious local user can assume the permissions of a Nix daemon worker and hijack all future builds. This issue was patched in version(s) 2.23.1, 2.22.2, 2.21.3, 2.20.7, 2.19.5 and 2.18.4.

VendorProductVersions

NixOS

nix

affected
>= 2.23.0, < 2.23.1
affected
>= 2.22.0, < 2.22.2
affected
>= 2.21.0, < 2.21.3
affected
>= 2.20.0, < 2.20.7
affected
>= 2.19.0, < 2.19.5

+1 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-278

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

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