Upstream information

CVE-2020-10737 at MITRE

Description

A race condition was found in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package in versions before 0.34.5 and 0.34.6 wherein, during the home creation, mkhomedir copies the /etc/skel directory into the newly created home and changes its ownership to the home's user without properly checking the homedir path. This flaw allows an attacker to leverage this issue by creating a symlink point to a target folder, which then has its ownership transferred to the new home directory's unprivileged user.

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 3.7
Vector AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required High
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1170459 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • oddjob >= 0.34.5-3.el8
  • oddjob-mkhomedir >= 0.34.5-3.el8
Patchnames:
RHSA-2020:4687
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • oddjob >= 0.34.5-150400.3.2.1
  • oddjob-mkhomedir >= 0.34.5-150400.3.2.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 GA oddjob-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • oddjob >= 0.34.5-1.9
  • oddjob-mkhomedir >= 0.34.5-1.9
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11109


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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 oddjob Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 oddjob Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 oddjob Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS oddjob Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 oddjob Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 oddjob Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.4 oddjob Already fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon May 11 12:50:40 2020
CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 30 17:19:13 2024