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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2021· Updated Sep 16, 2024

python-postorius: postorius-permissions.sh used during %post allows local privilege escalation from postorius user to root

CVE-2021-31997

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-postorius of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from users postorius or postorius-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-postorius version 1.3.2-lp152.1.2 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-postorius version 1.3.4-2.1 and prior versions.

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Affected products

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  • OpenSUSE/python-postoriusllm-create
    Range: <=1.3.2-lp152.1.2 for Leap 15.2; <=1.3.4-2.1 for Factory
  • openSUSE/Factoryv5
    Range: python-postorius
  • openSUSE/Leap 15.2v5
    Range: python-postorius

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