CVE-2017-8933 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Libmenu-cache 1.0.2 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (menu unavailability).

Published: 2017-05-15

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libmenu-cache_project:libmenu-cache:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17873	Libmenu-cache 1.0.2 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (menu unavailability).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00052.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.debian.org/862570
https://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?p=lxde/menu-cache.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=56f66684592abf257c4004e6e1fff041c64a12ce

History

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Subscriptions

Libmenu-cache Project Libmenu-cache

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-15T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:49:54.211Z

Reserved: 2017-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8933

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-15T14:29:00.370

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:27:13.627

Link: CVE-2017-8933

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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