Upstream information

CVE-2021-32553 at MITRE

Description

It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-17 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1187303 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS apport Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS apport-crashdb-sle Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Jun 12 11:11:06 2021
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 9 13:47:21 2024