CVE-2021-25321
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-30 08:25
Modified
2024-09-16 18:43
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in arpwatch of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.2 allows local attackers with control of the runtime user to run arpwatch as to escalate to root upon the next restart of arpwatch. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. openSUSE Factory arpwatch version 2.1a15-169.5 and prior versions. openSUSE Leap 15.2 arpwatch version 2.1a15-lp152.5.5 and prior versions.
References
meissner@suse.dehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186240Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186240Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS Version: arpwatch   < 2.1a15
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   SUSE SUSE Manager Server 4.0 Version: arpwatch   < 2.1a15
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   SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 Version: arpwatch   < 2.1a15
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