Is CVE-2011-2910 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-2910 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-2910?

CVE-2011-2910 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-2910?

CVE-2011-2910 has an EPSS score of 0.38% (29th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2910?

Upgrade ax25-tools on debian 11 to 0.0.8-13.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-2910

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

ax25-toolsDebian

Fixed in:0.0.8-13.2CVE-2011-2910

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

access.redhat.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.