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CVE-2022-21944

watchman: chown in watchman@.socket unit allows symlink attack

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.9.0, 4.9.0-9.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • openSUSE openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3

    From watchman · fixed in 4.9.0

  • openSUSE Factory

    From watchman · fixed in 4.9.0-9.1

References 1

bugzilla.suse.com