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CVE-2020-8017

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Published: Apr 2, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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6.3
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.2
Source: NVD

Description

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

Affected (5)

Opensuse
2 products
Texlive Filesystem
Leap
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Texlive Filesystem
Before 2017.135-9.5.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Desktop
Version 15 sp1
Configuration B
1 platform
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Version 12 sp4
Configuration C
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Texlive Filesystem
Before 2013.74-16.5.1
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Version 12 sp5
Configuration D
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Texlive Filesystem
All versions
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Suse
Linux Enterprise Desktop
Version 15
Configuration E
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Texlive Filesystem
Before 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1
Configuration F
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Leap
Version 15.1

Related CWEs

CWE-367
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

References (4)

Source: meissner@suse.de
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: meissner@suse.de
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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