UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8933

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8933
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8933.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8933
Upstream
Published
2017-05-15T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:15Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / menu-cache

Package

Name
menu-cache
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/menu-cache@0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.0-0ubuntu1
0.5.0-1
0.5.1-1
0.5.1-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmenu-cache-bin",
            "binary_version": "0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmenu-cache-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmenu-cache3",
            "binary_version": "0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / menu-cache

Package

Name
menu-cache
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/menu-cache@1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0-1
1.0.1-1
1.0.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmenu-cache-bin",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmenu-cache-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmenu-cache3",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}