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CVE-2021-25317

Published: 5 May 2021

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of cups of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers with control of the lp users to create files as root with 0644 permissions without the ability to set the content. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS cups versions prior to 1.3.9. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 cups versions prior to 1.7.5. openSUSE Leap 15.2 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. openSUSE Factory cups version 2.3.3op2-2.1 and prior versions.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
in Debian and Ubuntu, /var/log/cups is owned by root:root

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
cups
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

groovy Not vulnerable

hirsute Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(debian: In Debian /var/log/cups is owned by root:root)
xenial Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N