CVE-2022-31252

permissions: chkstat does not check for group-writable parent directories or target files in safeOpen()

State: Published
Severity: 4.4 Medium
Published: Oct 6, 2022
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: May 20, 2022

Description

A Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.3, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 did not consider group writable path components, allowing local attackers with access to a group what can write to a location included in the path to a privileged binary to influence path resolution. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 permissions versions prior to 20170707. openSUSE Leap 15.3 permissions versions prior to 20200127. openSUSE Leap 15.4 permissions versions prior to 20201225. openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 permissions versions prior to 20181225.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	suse

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5SUSE	permissions to before 20170707Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3openSUSE	permissions to before 20200127Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4openSUSE	permissions to before 20201225Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2openSUSE	permissions to before 20181225Affected

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203018

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