PT-2020-19920 · Suse · Texlive-Filesystem+1

Matthias Gerstner · Published 2020-04-02 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2020-8016

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1 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

Description A Race Condition Enabling Link Following issue in the packaging of texlive-filesystem allows local users to corrupt files or potentially escalate privileges.

Recommendations For SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, update texlive-filesystem to version 2017.135-9.5.1 or later. For SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 and 12-SP5, update texlive-filesystem to version 2013.74-16.5.1 or later. For openSUSE Leap 15.1, update texlive-filesystem to version 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8016

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0804-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0804-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11431-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11432-1

SUSE-SU-2020:1580-1

SUSE-SU-2020:1580-2

SUSE-SU-2020:1581-1

SUSE-SU-2020_1580-1

SUSE-SU-2020_1580-2

SUSE-SU-2020_1581-1

Affected Products

Suse

Texlive-Filesystem

References · 22

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159740 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8016 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:1581-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11431-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:1580-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:1580-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0804-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8016 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00021.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11432-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159740 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1158910 · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/NRZUNMSM3VU7WGT2TDJGCFZ7AMTOCBRN · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8016 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10243 · Note