Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU67623
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31252
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists within the chkstat tool, which does not check for group-writable parent directories or target files in safeOpen(). A local user can change permissions for critical files and escalate privileges on the system.
Update the affected package permissions to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsopenSUSE Leap Micro: 5.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage: 7.1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.1 - 5.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: 15-SP3
openSUSE Leap: 15.3
SUSE Manager Server: 4.2
SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications: 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP3
permissions-zypp-plugin: before 20181225-150200.23.15.1
permissions-debugsource: before 20181225-150200.23.15.1
permissions-debuginfo: before 20181225-150200.23.15.1
permissions: before 20181225-150200.23.15.1
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20223394-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.