SB2024103029 - SUSE update for pcp
Published: October 30, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6917)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application uses mixed privilege levels utilized by systemd services associated with PCP. A local user can escalate privileges on the system via symlink attacks.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45769)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45770)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue within the pmpost tool, which runs under certain circumstances with elevated privileges. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with privileges of the application.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.