Upstream information

CVE-2020-15704 at MITRE

Description

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/load_ppp_generic_if_needed patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2, 2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.3, 2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1.3, 2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5.1, 2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu6. Was ZDI-CAN-11504.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1174891 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ppp Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 ppp Unsupported
openSUSE Leap 15.5 ppp Unsupported
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 ppp Unsupported
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 ppp Unsupported
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ppp Not affected
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 ppp Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 ppp Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 ppp Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 ppp Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 ppp Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 ppp Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 ppp Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 ppp Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 ppp Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 ppp Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ppp Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ppp Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ppp Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ppp Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 ppp Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 ppp Unsupported
openSUSE Leap 15.4 ppp Unsupported
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 ppp Unsupported
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 ppp Unsupported
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security ppp Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Aug 4 18:50:45 2020
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 8 18:27:56 2024