SB2018110606 - Privilege escalation in OpenBSD
Published: November 6, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018110606
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to the syspatch utility incorrectly handles symbolic links. A local attacker can supply specially crafted symlinks and gain elevated privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.