CVE-2021-20001

Summary

CVECVE-2021-20001
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-11 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-22 20:10:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered, that debian-edu-config, a set of configuration files used for the Debian Edu blend, before 2.12.16 configured insecure permissions for the user web shares (~/public_html), which could result in privilege escalation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Skolelinux Debian-edu-config All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5072-1 debian-edu-config DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2918-1] debian-edu-config security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DSA 5072-1] debian-edu-config security update MLIST lists.debian.org
etc/apache2/mods-available/debian-edu-userdir.conf: Disable built-in PHP engine. (4d39a588) · Commits · Debian Edu / debian-edu-config · GitLab MISC salsa.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179065 Debian Security Update for debian-edu-config (DSA 5072-1)
  • 179067 Debian Security Update for debian-edu-config (DLA 2918-1)
  • 184198 Debian Security Update for debian-edu-config (CVE-2021-20001)
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