PT-2020-19922 · Suse · Suse Linux Enterprise Server

Johannes Segitz · Published 2020-05-04 · Updated 2020-05-12 · CVE-2020-8018

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS versions prior to 1.0.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS versions prior to 1.0.3

Description A vulnerability in the SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS and SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS images of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 allows local attackers with the UID 1000 to escalate to root due to a /etc directory owned by the user.

Recommendations For SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS versions prior to 1.0.1, update to version 1.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. For SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS versions prior to 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /etc directory to prevent local attackers from escalating to root.

Fix

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-8018

Affected Products

Suse Linux Enterprise Server

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8018 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8018 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/3505 · Telegram Post