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CVE-2020-8017

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CVE-2020-8017

Published: Apr 2, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

Description

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

VendorProductVersions

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1

affected
texlive-filesystem - < 2017.135-9.5.1

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

affected
texlive-filesystem - < 2013.74-16.5.1

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

affected
texlive-filesystem - < 2013.74-16.5.1

openSUSE

openSUSE Leap 15.1

affected
texlive-filesystem - < 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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