CVE-2017-9232

Publication date 26 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Juju before 1.25.12, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 uses a UNIX domain socket without setting appropriate permissions, allowing privilege escalation by users on the system to root.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
juju-core 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.0.2-0ubuntu2.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
juju-core-1 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.25.6-0ubuntu2.16.10.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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