CVE-2020-8017: A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications…

PriorityP431medium6.3CVSS 3.1

AVLACHPRLUINSUCNIHAH

EPSS

0.20%

10.3th percentile

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
opensuse	leap	—	—
opensuse	opensuse_leap_15.1	>= texlive-filesystem < 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1	2017.135-lp151.8.3.1
opensuse	texlive-filesystem	< 2017.135-9.5.1	2017.135-9.5.1
opensuse	texlive-filesystem	< 2013.74-16.5.1	2013.74-16.5.1
opensuse	texlive-filesystem	< 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1	2017.135-lp151.8.3.1
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_desktop_applications_15-sp1	>= texlive-filesystem < 2017.135-9.5.1	2017.135-9.5.1
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit_12-sp4	>= texlive-filesystem < 2013.74-16.5.1	2013.74-16.5.1
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit_12-sp5	>= texlive-filesystem < 2013.74-16.5.1	2013.74-16.5.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.03.3LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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