CVE-2008-4636

Upstream information

CVE-2008-4636 at MITRE

Description

yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 421214 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2008:054, published Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:32:47 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:28:30 2023