CVE-2020-15396

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15396
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-30 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
DescriptionIn HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Hylafax Project Hylafax All All All All
Application Ifax Hylafax Enterprise - All All All
Application Ifax Hylafax Enterprise - All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp2 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: hylafax+-7.0.3-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 1173521 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-15396: hylafax+: Chown as root in user controlled directories allows for privilege escalation MISC bugzilla.suse.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1209-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1438-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: hylafax+-7.0.3-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: hylafax+-7.0.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1231-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: hylafax+-7.0.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
HylaFAX / HylaFAX+ Code Repository / Commit [r2534] MISC sourceforge.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1210-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
HylaFAX: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500364 Alpine Linux Security Update for hylafaxplus
  • 504003 Alpine Linux Security Update for hylafaxplus
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