CVE-2022-31252

Summary

CVECVE-2022-31252
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-06 18:16:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-07 20:20:00 UTC
DescriptionA Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.3, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 did not consider group writable path components, allowing local attackers with access to a group what can write to a location included in the path to a privileged binary to influence path resolution. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 permissions versions prior to 20170707. openSUSE Leap 15.3 permissions versions prior to 20200127. openSUSE Leap 15.4 permissions versions prior to 20201225. openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 permissions versions prior to 20181225.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap Micro 5.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp5 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cve-website MISC www.cve.org
Bug 1203018 – VUL-0: CVE-2022-31252: permissions: chkstat does not check for group-writable parent directories or target files in safeOpen() CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Martin Wilck from SUSE

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 752603 OpenSUSE Security Update for permissions (openSUSE-SU-2022:10128-1)
  • 752607 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for permissions (SUSE-SU-2022:3353-1)
  • 752616 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for permissions (SUSE-SU-2022:3394-1)
  • 752617 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for permissions (SUSE-SU-2022:3382-1)
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