CVE-2022-42917 [MEDIUM] – In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to

In FRRouting FRR before 8.5, the service user (usually frr) can escalate its privileges to root by monitoring the configuration directory (/etc/frr) and replacing config files upon creation with, for example, symlinks to change the ownership of arbitrary files. This is a TOCTOU Race Condition caused by a combination of touch and chown.