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CVE-2020-1708 (GCVE-0-2020-1708)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-07 20:37 – Updated: 2024-08-04 06:46
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Summary
It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to, including 4.3, that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/mysql-apb.
CWE
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0617 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat openshift/mysql-apb Affected: openshift-enterprise version 3.11
Affected: from openshift-enterprise version 4.1 to, including 4.3
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