CVE-2022-31256

published 2022-10-26

CVE-2022-31256: A Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in a script called by the sendmail systemd service of openSUSE Factory allows…

Priority P3 37 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

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

A Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in a script called by the sendmail systemd service of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: SUSE openSUSE Factory sendmail versions prior to 8.17.1-1.1.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	sendmail	—	—
opensuse	factory	< 8.17.1-1.1	8.17.1-1.1
suse	opensuse_factory	>= sendmail < 8.17.1-1.1	8.17.1-1.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vendor_debian 7.7 LOW

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