CVE-2020-24332
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59
Link Following
Publication date:
13/08/2020
Last modified:
07/11/2023
Description
An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges, the creation of the system.data file is prone to symlink attacks. The tss user can be used to create or corrupt existing files, which could possibly lead to a DoS attack.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:trustedcomputinggroup:trousers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.3.14 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSDL7COIFCZQMUBNAASNMKMX7W5JUHRD/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/att-135/tcsd_fixes.patch
- https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817/



