CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-8013

2.5 LOW Published 2020-03-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-03-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
2.2 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
2.5 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• suse linux enterprise server 11 • suse linux enterprise server 12 • suse linux enterprise server 15 • opensuse leap 15.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References