Upstream information
Description
A race condition was found in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package in versions before 0.34.5 and 0.34.6 wherein, during the home creation, mkhomedir copies the /etc/skel directory into the newly created home and changes its ownership to the home's user without properly checking the homedir path. This flaw allows an attacker to leverage this issue by creating a symlink point to a target folder, which then has its ownership transferred to the new home directory's unprivileged user.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.7 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Liberty Linux 8 |
| Patchnames: RHSA-2020:4687 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Patchnames: openSUSE Tumbleweed GA oddjob-0.34.5-1.9 |
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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | oddjob | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | oddjob | Already fixed |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | oddjob | Already fixed |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon May 11 12:50:40 2020CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 22 17:12:52 2024