SUSE update for permissions

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU67623

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31252

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists within the chkstat tool, which does not check for group-writable parent directories or target files in safeOpen(). A local user can change permissions for critical files and escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package permissions to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP5

permissions-debugsource: before 20170707-6.10.1

permissions-debuginfo: before 20170707-6.10.1

permissions: before 20170707-6.10.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:permissions-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:permissions-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:permissions:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20223382-1/

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.