Upstream information
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to escalate privileges through a malicious symlink.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CNA (Red Hat) | National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High | High | High |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low | High |
| User Interaction | None | Required | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High | High |
| Availability Impact | None | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- RHSA-2024:6986, published Wed Sep 25 15:05:38 UTC 2024
- openSUSE-SU-2024:0157-1, published Wed Jun 12 00:49:10 2024
- openSUSE-SU-2024:0157-2, published Sat Aug 24 14:48:34 2024
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Liberty Linux 8 |
| Patchnames: RHSA-2024:6986 |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2024-157 |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2024-157 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2024-157 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2024-157 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14034 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 7 16:00:02 2024CVE page last modified: Thu Sep 26 13:45:50 2024