PT-2022-15194 · Suse+1 · Opensuse+1

Matthias Gerstner · Published 2022-01-17 · Updated 2023-04-14 · CVE-2022-21944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0 openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1

Description A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following issue in the systemd service file for watchman allows local attackers to escalate to root.

Recommendations For openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0, update to version 4.9.0 or later. For openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1, update to version 4.9.0-9.1 or later.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-21944

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0016-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11728-1

Affected Products

Opensuse

Watchman

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21944 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0016-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181400 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194470 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/25835 · Telegram Post
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21944 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/37262 · Telegram Post
• https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/KNMY24O54KQLQYLHBRWLMCEO42RIRELW · Note