CVE-2020-13696

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-13696
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-08 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:16:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107. The function dev_open() in v4l-conf.c does not perform sufficient checks to prevent an unprivileged caller of the program from opening unintended filesystem paths. This allows a local attacker with access to the v4l-conf setuid-root program to test for the existence of arbitrary files and to trigger an open on arbitrary files with mode O_RDWR. To achieve this, relative path components need to be added to the device path, as demonstrated by a v4l-conf -c /dev/../root/.bash_history command.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Linuxtv Xawtv All All All All
Application Linuxtv Xawtv All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
xawtv3.git - xawtv 3.x MISC git.linuxtv.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: xawtv-3.107-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - xawtv: CVE-2020-13696: v4l-conf setuid-root program allows file existence tests and open(..., O_RDRW) on arbitrary files CONFIRM www.openwall.com Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2246-1] xawtv security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xawtv-3.107-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0787-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xawtv-3.107-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0784-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
xawtv3.git - xawtv 3.x MISC git.linuxtv.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-4518-1: xawtv vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Invalid Bug ID MISC bugzilla.suse.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: xawtv-3.107-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
xawtv3.git - xawtv 3.x MISC git.linuxtv.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
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