SB2019120504 - OpenSUSE Linux update for calamares
Published: December 5, 2019
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13178)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in modules/luksbootkeyfile/main.py when creating LUKS encryption keyfile. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information in the encryption file while the application sets permissions on the file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.