Upstream information
Description
Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler priority leading to possible DoS of other services running in the same machine.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.1 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | gnome-shell | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Nov 24 15:00:16 2021CVE page last modified: Mon Apr 15 15:31:48 2024