CVE-2020-36657

Name	CVE-2020-36657
Description	uptimed before 0.4.6-r1 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the uptimed user account) to gain root privileges by creating a hard link within the /var/spool/uptimed directory, because there is an unsafe chown -R call.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
uptimed (PTS)	bullseye	1:0.4.3-1	fixed
	bookworm	1:0.4.6-3	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	1:0.4.6-3.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
uptimed	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- uptimed <not-affected> (Gentoo-specific)