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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.8 Medium

CVE-2021-31998

inn: %post calls user owned file allowing local privilege escalation to root

Description

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 inn version inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2. openSUSE Leap 15.2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2.

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-SP3

  • inn to ≤ inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1affected

openSUSE openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2

  • inn to < 2.6.2affected

openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.2

  • inn to < 2.6.2affected

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