SB2013120202 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Novell Opensuse
Published: December 2, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013120202
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0427)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
yast2-add-on-creator in SUSE inst-source-utils 2008.11.26 before 2008.11.26-0.9.1 and 2012.9.13 before 2012.9.13-0.8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) file name or (2) directory name. OpenSuse 11.4 is vulnerable per https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604730
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.