Suse · Opensuse Leap Micro · CVE-2022-31252
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 permissions versions prior to 20170707
openSUSE Leap 15.3 permissions versions prior to 20200127
openSUSE Leap 15.4 permissions versions prior to 20201225
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 permissions versions prior to 20181225
**Description**
The issue is related to an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the chkstat component. It did not consider group writable path components, allowing local attackers with access to a group that can write to a location included in the path to a privileged binary to influence path resolution.
**Recommendations**
For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 permissions versions prior to 20170707, update to a version after 20170707 to resolve the issue.
For openSUSE Leap 15.3 permissions versions prior to 20200127, update to a version after 20200127 to resolve the issue.
For openSUSE Leap 15.4 permissions versions prior to 20201225, update to a version after 20201225 to resolve the issue.
For openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 permissions versions prior to 20181225, update to a version after 20181225 to resolve the issue.