Link Following Affecting trousers package, versions <0:0.3.15-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-TROUSERS-2582031
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Aug 2020

Introduced: 13 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-24332  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 trousers to version 0:0.3.15-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-1627.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream trousers package and not the trousers package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges, the creation of the system.data file is prone to symlink attacks. The tss user can be used to create or corrupt existing files, which could possibly lead to a DoS attack.

CVSS Base Scores

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