Upstream information

CVE-2014-5220 at MITRE

Description

The mdcheck script of the mdadm package for openSUSE 13.2 prior to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 does not properly sanitize device names, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.

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
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 910500 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2015:0308-1

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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS mdadm Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 mdadm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 mdadm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 mdadm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS mdadm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mdadm Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Feb 5 11:24:41 2015
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:07:38 2023