CVE-2020-24332

EUVD-2020-17066
An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges, the creation of the system.data file is prone to symlink attacks. The tss user can be used to create or corrupt existing files, which could possibly lead to a DoS attack.
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ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 47%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
trustedcomputinggrouptrousers
𝑥
≤ 0.3.14
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
trousers
bookworm
0.3.15-0.3
fixed
bullseye
unimportant
sid
0.3.15-0.4
fixed
trixie
0.3.15-0.4
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
trousers
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
not-affected
kinetic
ignored
lunar
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
needs-triage
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSDL7COIFCZQMUBNAASNMKMX7W5JUHRD/
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/att-135/tcsd_fixes.patch
https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSDL7COIFCZQMUBNAASNMKMX7W5JUHRD/
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/att-135/tcsd_fixes.patch
https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817/