pcp: Local privilege escalation from user pcp to root through migrate_tempdirs
Description
A Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability in the packaging of pcp of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local user pcp to overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary content. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-3.5.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1.
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Affected products
21- Range: <3.11.9-5.8.1 for SLES 15 etc.; <4.3.1-3.5.3 for SLED 15-SP1; <3.11.9-6.14.1 for SDK 12-SP4/5; <4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1 for openSUSE Leap 15.1
- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/pcp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/pcp&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/pcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/pcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015pkg:rpm/suse/pcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/pcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/pcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/pcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.2.2-3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.9-5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.9-5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.9-5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.1-3.5.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.9-5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.9-5.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.9-6.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.9-6.14.1
- openSUSE/openSUSE Leap 15.1v5Range: pcp
pcp+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: pcp
- (no CPE)range: pcp
- SUSE/SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15v5Range: pcp
- SUSE/SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1v5Range: pcp
- SUSE/SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15v5Range: pcp
- Range: pcp
- Range: pcp
pcp+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: pcp
- (no CPE)range: pcp
Patches
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References
1- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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