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ax25-tools — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2910

The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call. The setuid call is responsible for dropping privileges but if the call fails the daemon would continue to run with root privileges which can allow possible privilege escalation.

Products
ax25-tools
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.0.8-13.2
CVEs
CVE-2011-2910
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2910

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Nov 2019, 17:15 UTC

The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call. The setuid call is responsible for dropping privileges but if the call fails the daemon would continue to run with root privileges which can allow possible privilege escalation.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2910

ax25-tools

Fixed versions: 0.0.8-13.2

ax25-tools

Fixed versions: 0.0.8-13.2

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2910",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "The AX.25 daemon (ax25d) in ax25-tools before 0.0.8-13 does not check the return value of a setuid call. The setuid call is responsible for dropping privileges but if the call fails the daemon would continue to run with root privileges which can allow possible privilege escalation.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2910",
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    "severity": "medium",
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