CVE-2020-8025 (GCVE-0-2020-8025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-07 10:10 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:09
VLAI
Title
outdated entries in permissions profiles for /var/lib/pcp/tmp/* may cause security issues
Summary
A Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions vulnerability in the permissions package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Tumbleweed sets the permissions for some of the directories of the pcp package to unintended settings. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 permissions versions prior to 20170707-3.24.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS permissions versions prior to 20180125-3.27.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 permissions versions prior to 20180125-3.27.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 permissions versions prior to 20181116-lp151.4.24.1. openSUSE Tumbleweed permissions versions prior to 20200624.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-279 - Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions
Assigner
suse CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 118 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 Affected: permissions , < 20170707-3.24.1 (custom)
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SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS Affected: permissions , < 20180125-3.27.1 (custom)
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SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 Affected: permissions , < 20180125-3.27.1 (custom)
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openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1 Affected: permissions , < 20181116-lp151.4.24.1 (custom)
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openSUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed Affected: permissions , < 20200624 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-07-06 00:00
Credits
Matthias Gerstner of SUSE
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