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CVE-2017-18285

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 has incorrect group ownership of the /etc/burp directory, which might allow local users to obtain read and write access to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a certain account for a burp-server.conf change.

Affected products

• Burp Project Burp: before 2.1.32 — fixed in 2.1.32

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Burp Project Burp 2.1.32. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/641842
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-05
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/641842
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-03
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-05

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