CVE-2020-8017
race condition on texlive-filesystem cron job allows for the deletion of unintended files
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.2 Medium
- Published
- Apr 2, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 27, 2020
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | suse |
Weaknesses
- CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1SUSE |
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4SUSE |
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5SUSE |
|
openSUSE Leap 15.1openSUSE |
|
References
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