Vulnerability · Published Sep 1, 2020 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2020-8023Local privilege escalation from ldap to root when using OPENLDAP_CONFIG_BACKEND=ldap in openldap2

High 7.7

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in openSUSE Leap 15.1 from openSUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.7High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data vulnerability in the start script of openldap2 of SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user ldap to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY openldap2-client-openssl1 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. openSUSE Leap 15.1 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1. openSUSE Leap 15.2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 openldap2 – before 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 openldap2 – before 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 openldap2 – before 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY openldap2-client-openssl1 – before 2.4.26-0.74.13.1
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS openldap2 – before 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openldap2 – before 2.4.46-9.31.1
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 openldap2 – before 2.4.46-9.31.1
SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openldap2 – before 2.4.41-18.71.2
openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1 openldap2 – before 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1
openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.2 openldap2 – before 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1

Weakness: CWE-349 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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