Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2021 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2020-8032Local privilege escalation to root due to insecure tmp file usage

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Factory 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 29% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 71.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in the packaging of cyrus-sasl of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cyrus-sasl version 2.1.27-4.2 and prior versions.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20cyrus-sasl0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8032
Alpine:v3.21cyrus-sasl0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8032
Alpine:v3.22cyrus-sasl0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8032
Alpine:v3.23cyrus-sasl0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8032
Alpine:v3.24cyrus-sasl0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8032

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
openSUSE Factory cyrus-sasl – through 2.1.27-4.2

Weakness: CWE-377 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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