SB2014011101 - Information disclosure in Novell Opensuse
Published: January 11, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014011101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3713)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The image creation configuration in aaa_base before 16.26.1 for openSUSE 13.1 KDE adds the root user to the "users" group when installing from a live image, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information and possibly have other unspecified impacts, as demonstrated by reading /etc/shadow.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.