Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Novell Opensuse

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU42061

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1095

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

osc before 0.134 might allow remote OBS repository servers or package maintainers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) build log or (2) build status that contains an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 11.4 - 12.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00035.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/15
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/2
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749335
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798353

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.