CVE-2021-3982 Detail

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This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

Description

Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler priority leading to possible DoS of other services running in the same machine.

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges Red Hat, Inc.  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-3982
NVD Published Date:
04/29/2022
NVD Last Modified:
04/29/2022
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.