Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-31998
CVE-2021-31998
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.
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Affected products
1311-SP3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 11-SP3
- (no CPE)range: inn
- Range: < 2.6.2
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/inn&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/inn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/inn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/inn&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2
< 2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.2-170.21.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.2-170.21.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-bp152.2.8.1
- openSUSE/openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2v5Range: inn
- openSUSE/openSUSE Leap 15.2v5Range: inn
Patches
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References
1- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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