Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-20106
CVE-2018-20106
Description
In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.
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Affected products
3<=4.0.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=4.0.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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