Denial of service in schroot



Risk Low
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-2787
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 schroot
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor fragmede

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU66638

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2787

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to schroot has too permissive rules on chroot or session names. A local user can perform a denial of service on the schroot service for all users that may start a schroot session.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

schroot: 0.1.0 - 1.7.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://codeberg.org/shelter/reschroot/src/tag/release/reschroot-1.6.13/NEWS#L10-L41


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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