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CVE-2021-25317

cups: ownership of /var/log/cups allows the lp user to create files as root

Published: May 5, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-276
3.3LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of cups of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers with control of the lp users to create files as root with 0644 permissions without the ability to set the content. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS cups versions prior to 1.3.9. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 cups versions prior to 1.7.5. openSUSE Leap 15.2 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. openSUSE Factory cups version 2.3.3op2-2.1 and prior versions.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-276

Affected Products

SUSE
commercial·DE
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSSOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Manager Server 4.0On-prem
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
cupsOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openSUSE
oss-project·DE
openSUSE Leap 15.2On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
FactoryOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184161
bugzilla.suse.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H74BP746O5NNVCBUTLLZYAFBPESFVECV/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S37IDQGHTORQ3Z6VRDQIGBYVOI27YG47/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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