CVE-2020-35459

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35459
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-12 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in ClusterLabs crmsh through 4.2.1. Local attackers able to call "crm history" (when "crm" is run) were able to execute commands via shell code injection to the crm history commandline, potentially allowing escalation of privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clusterlabs Crmsh All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Security issues in hawk2 and crmsh CONFIRM www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Releases · ClusterLabs/crmsh · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Security issues in hawk2 and crmsh MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1179999 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-35459: crmsh: Root privilege escalation via hawk_invoke and crmsh MISC bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2533-1] crmsh security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
crmsh/history.py at a403aa15f3ea575adfe5e43bf2a31c9f9094fcda · ClusterLabs/crmsh · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 200227 Ubuntu Security Notification for CRM shell Vulnerability (USN-6711-1)
  • 750296 OpenSUSE Security Update for hawk2 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0473-1)
  • 750318 OpenSUSE Security Update for crmsh (openSUSE-SU-2021:0410-1)
  • 750423 OpenSUSE Security Update for crmsh (openSUSE-SU-2021:0073-1)
  • 750437 OpenSUSE Security Update for crmsh (openSUSE-SU-2021:0055-1)
  • 750878 OpenSUSE Security Update for crmsh (openSUSE-SU-2021:2435-1)
  • 750890 OpenSUSE Security Update for crmsh (openSUSE-SU-2021:1087-1)
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