CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-20106

8.1 HIGH Published 2019-03-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-03-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-78

Description

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

Affected configurations

• opensuse yast2-printer (<= 4.0.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References