race condition on texlive-filesystem cron job allows for the deletion of unintended files
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- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 2017.135-9.5.1, 2013.74-16.5.1, 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1
From texlive-filesystem · fixed in 2017.135-9.5.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
From texlive-filesystem · fixed in 2013.74-16.5.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
From texlive-filesystem · fixed in 2013.74-16.5.1
- openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1
From texlive-filesystem · fixed in 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1