CVE-2017-18018 | GNU Coreutils up to 8.29 chown-core.c chown/chgrp -R -L race condition (FEDORA-2018-669520d2ba / Nessus ID 106514)
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Coreutils up to 8.29. This vulnerability affects the function chown/chgrp of the file chown-core.c. The manipulation of the argument -R -L leads to race condition.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-18018. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.