CVE-2020-8013

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8013
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-02 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-08 03:09:00 UTC
DescriptionA UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 set permissions intended for specific binaries on other binaries because it erroneously followed symlinks. The symlinks can't be controlled by attackers on default systems, so exploitation is difficult. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 permissions versions prior to 2015.09.28.1626-17.27.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 permissions versions prior to 20181116-9.23.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 permissions versions prior to 2013.1.7-0.6.12.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0302-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1163922 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-8013: permissions: chkstat sets unintended setuid/capabilities for mrsh and wodim CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750751 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for permissions (SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1)
  • 751472 OpenSUSE Security Update for permissions (openSUSE-SU-2021:1520-1)
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