CVE-2022-31252

published 2022-10-06

CVE-2022-31252: A Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.3, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 did…

Priority P4 19 medium 4.4 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C L I L A N

A Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.3, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 did not consider group writable path components, allowing local attackers with access to a group what can write to a location included in the path to a privileged binary to influence path resolution. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 permissions versions prior to 20170707. openSUSE Leap 15.3 permissions versions prior to 20200127. openSUSE Leap 15.4 permissions versions prior to 20201225. openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 permissions versions prior to 20181225.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
opensuse	leap	—	—
opensuse	leap	—	—
opensuse	leap_micro	—	—
opensuse	opensuse_leap_15.3	>= permissions < 20200127	20200127
opensuse	opensuse_leap_15.4	>= permissions < 20201225	20201225
opensuse	opensuse_leap_micro_5.2	>= permissions < 20181225	20181225
suse	linux_enterprise_server	—	—
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_server_12-sp5	>= permissions < 20170707	20170707

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