CVE-2021-31998

Medium

Description

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 inn version inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2. openSUSE Leap 15.2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductOpensuse Inn
PublishedJun 10, 2021
First seenJun 10, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-276CWE-276

How to fix

Update
  • opensuse inn2.6.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
opensuse innv ≤ 2.4.2-170.21.3.1, v < 2.6.22.6.2

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