Upstream information

CVE-2020-28407 at MITRE

Description

In swtpm before 0.4.2 and 0.5.x before 0.5.1, a local attacker may be able to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack against a temporary file such as TMP2-00.permall.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.1 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None Low
Integrity Impact High Low
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1198395 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
SUSE Manager Server 4.2
  • swtpm >= 0.5.2-1.20
  • swtpm-devel >= 0.5.2-1.20
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 GA swtpm-0.5.2-1.20
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
  • swtpm >= 0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
  • swtpm-devel >= 0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 GA swtpm-0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • swtpm >= 0.5.2-1.20
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 GA swtpm-0.5.2-1.20
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • swtpm >= 0.5.2-1.20
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 GA swtpm-0.5.2-1.20
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • swtpm >= 0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 GA swtpm-0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • swtpm >= 0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 GA swtpm-0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • swtpm >= 0.5.2-1.20
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA swtpm-0.5.2-1.20
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • swtpm >= 0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA swtpm-0.5.3-150300.3.3.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • swtpm >= 0.6.1-1.1
  • swtpm-devel >= 0.6.1-1.1
  • swtpm-selinux >= 0.6.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA swtpm-0.6.1-1.1

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 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 swtpm Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 swtpm Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 swtpm Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 swtpm Already fixed
Container Status
suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0
suse/sles/15.4/virt-launcher:0.49.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-launcher:0.58.0		 swtpmAlready fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu May 20 20:37:10 2021
CVE page last modified: Tue Jan 2 15:19:29 2024