CVE-2021-31998

Summary

CVECVE-2021-31998
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-10 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-24 13:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 inn version inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2. openSUSE Leap 15.2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp2 All All
Application Opensuse Inn All All All All
Application Opensuse Inn All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1182321 – VUL-0: CVE-2021-31998: inn: %post calls user owned file, LPE 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

  • 750180 OpenSUSE Security Update for inn (openSUSE-SU-2021:0830-1)
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