CVE catalog
CVE-2017-18018
coreutils: CVE-2017-18018
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.34% · Oct 25, 2026
In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | coreutils | sid | 9.10-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | coreutils | forky | 9.10-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | coreutils | trixie | 9.7-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | coreutils | bookworm | 9.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.10 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.11 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.12 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.13 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.14 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.15 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.16 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.17 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.18 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.19 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.20 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.21 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.22 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.23 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.24 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.7 | 8.28-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.8 | 8.29-r2 | fixed |
| Alpine | coreutils | 3.9 | 8.30-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.20-3ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 14.04 | 8.21-1ubuntu5.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 16.04 | 8.23-4ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 16.04 | 8.25-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 16.04 | 8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 18.04 | 8.26-3ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | coreutils | 18.04 | 8.28-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | coreutils | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | coreutils | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.10 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.11 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.12 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.13 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.14 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.15 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.16 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.17 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.18 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.19 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.20 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.21 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.22 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.23 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.24 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.7 | 8.28-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.8 | 8.29-r2 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
| Alpine | coreutils | apk | 3.9 | 8.30-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2017-18018 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [coreutils]Affected
Details (2)
9.1-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · coreutils · debian · 12
9.1-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · coreutils · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [coreutils]Affected
Details (2)
9.7-3· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · coreutils · debian · 13
9.7-3· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · coreutils · debian · 13
Observed: