CVE-2021-25321

Summary

CVECVE-2021-25321
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-30 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-22 19:09:00 UTC
DescriptionA UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in arpwatch of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.2 allows local attackers with control of the runtime user to run arpwatch as to escalate to root upon the next restart of arpwatch. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. openSUSE Factory arpwatch version 2.1a15-169.5 and prior versions. openSUSE Leap 15.2 arpwatch version 2.1a15-lp152.5.5 and prior versions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensuse Factory - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Suse Arpwatch All All All All
Application Suse Arpwatch All All All All
Application Suse Arpwatch All All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Application Suse Manager Server 4.0 All All All
Application Suse Openstack Cloud Crowbar 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1186240 – VUL-0: CVE-2021-25321: arpwatch: LPE from runtime user to root CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com
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

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750733 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for arpwatch (SUSE-SU-2021:2175-1)
  • 750734 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for arpwatch (SUSE-SU-2021:2177-1)
  • 750742 OpenSUSE Security Update for arpwatch (openSUSE-SU-2021:0945-1)
  • 750788 OpenSUSE Security Update for arpwatch (openSUSE-SU-2021:2177-1)
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