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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2021-25321

arpwatch: Local privilege escalation from runtime user to root

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in arpwatch of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.2 allows local attackers with control of the runtime user to run arpwatch as to escalate to root upon the next restart of arpwatch. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. openSUSE Factory arpwatch version 2.1a15-169.5 and prior versions. openSUSE Leap 15.2 arpwatch version 2.1a15-lp152.5.5 and prior versions.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

  • arpwatch to < 2.1a15affected

SUSE SUSE Manager Server 4.0

  • arpwatch to < 2.1a15affected

SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

  • arpwatch to < 2.1a15affected

openSUSE Factory

  • arpwatch to ≤ 2.1a15-169.5affected

openSUSE Leap 15.2

  • arpwatch to ≤ 2.1a15-lp152.5.5affected

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