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CVE-2020-8013

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 cant 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.

Risk Information

Base Score
2.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.053

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) permissions-20170707-6.4.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) permissions-debuginfo-20170707-6.4.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) permissions-debugsource-20170707-6.4.1.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234