CVE-2020-8023

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8023
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-01 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-11 17:50:00 UTC
DescriptionA acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data vulnerability in the start script of openldap2 of SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user ldap to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY openldap2-client-openssl1 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. openSUSE Leap 15.1 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1. openSUSE Leap 15.2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-349

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Opensuse Openldap2 All All All All
Application Opensuse Openldap2 All All All All
Application Suse Enterprise Storage 5.0 All All All
Application Suse Enterprise Storage 5.0 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 sp4 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Point Of Sale 11 sp3 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Point Of Sale 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp5 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp5 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud 7.0 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud 8.0 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud 7.0 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud 8.0 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud Crowbar 8.0 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud Crowbar 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1172698 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-8023: openldap2: Local privilege escalation from ldap to root when using OPENLDAP_CONFIG_BACKEND="ldap" CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Johannes Segitz of SUSE

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