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CVE-2023-32190 (GCVE-0-2023-32190)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-16 12:03 – Updated: 2025-03-19 14:39

Title

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable

Summary

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable by abusing insecure file operations that run with root privileges.

Severity

8.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-16 15:58 UTC

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

suse mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-202…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
SUSE	openSUSE Tumbleweed	Affected: ? , < 0.26-37.1 (custom)	guessed
suse	opensuse_tumbleweed	Affected: 0 , < 0.26-37.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:suse:opensuse_tumbleweed::::::::

Date Public

2024-01-25 15:19

Credits

Johannes Segitz of SUSE

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FKIE_CVE-2023-32190

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-16 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:58

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable by abusing insecure file operations that run with root privileges.

References

	URL	Tags
	meissner@suse.de	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32190

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-F97F-26JC-GFFX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-16 12:30 – Updated: 2024-10-16 18:31

Details

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable by abusing insecure file operations that run with root privileges.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2024-10-16T18:31:42Z",
  "published": "2024-10-16T12:30:47Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32190"
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    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GSD-2023-32190

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Aliases

CVE-2023-32190

Aliases

CVE-2023-32190

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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13622-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 21:04

Summary

mlocate-0.26-37.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-32190.

CVE-2023-32190

Recommended: 8 products

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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32190

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-10-16 12:15 – Updated: 2024-10-23 04:39 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-06-23

Details

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable by abusing insecure file operations that run with root privileges.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32190	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32190	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-202…	REPORT

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Sightings

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2023-32190 (GCVE-0-2023-32190)

FKIE_CVE-2023-32190

GHSA-F97F-26JC-GFFX

GSD-2023-32190

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13622-1

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32190

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