Link Following Affecting permissions package, versions <20181116-9.23.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-PERMISSIONS-2714706
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Feb 2020

Introduced: 28 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-8013  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 permissions to version 20181116-9.23.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream permissions package and not the permissions package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 set permissions intended for specific binaries on other binaries because it erroneously followed symlinks. The symlinks can't be controlled by attackers on default systems, so exploitation is difficult. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 permissions versions prior to 2015.09.28.1626-17.27.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 permissions versions prior to 20181116-9.23.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 permissions versions prior to 2013.1.7-0.6.12.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1