CVE-2020-1704

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1704
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-17 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionAn insecure modification vulnerability in the /etc/passwd file was found in all versions of OpenShift ServiceMesh (maistra) before 1.0.8 in the openshift/istio-kialia-rhel7-operator-container. An attacker with access to the container could use this flaw to modify /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Openshift Service Mesh All All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Service Mesh All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1793305 – (CVE-2020-1704) CVE-2020-1704 openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel7-operator: /etc/passwd is given incorrect privileges CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
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