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CVE-2021-25314 (GCVE-0-2021-25314)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-14 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:35
VLAI
Title
hawk: Insecure file permissions
Summary
A Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions vulnerability in hawk2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP2 allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3 hawk2 versions prior to 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5 hawk2 versions prior to 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP2 hawk2 versions prior to 2.6.3+git.1614684118.af555ad9.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-378 - Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3 Affected: hawk2 , < 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9 (custom)
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SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5 Affected: hawk2 , < 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9 (custom)
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SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP2 Affected: hawk2 , < 2.6.3+git.1614684118.af555ad9 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-03-24 00:00
Credits
Johannes Segitz of SUSE
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