Vigil@nce - SUSE LE: file corruption via trousers
January 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: SLES.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: data creation/edition.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 20/12/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can create a symbolic link during the
installation or the update of the trousers package, in order to
alter the pointed file, with root privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/SUSE-LE-file-corruption-via-trousers-31195