Upstream information

CVE-2021-31523 at MITRE

Description

The Debian xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1 package for XScreenSaver has cap_net_raw enabled for the /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/sonar file, which allows local users to gain privileges because this is arguably incompatible with the design of the Mesa 3D Graphics library dependency.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1185135 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM]

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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 xscreensaver Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 xscreensaver Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 xscreensaver Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Apr 21 21:54:25 2021
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 1 01:40:29 2024