Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 9, 2022· Updated May 1, 2025
openldap2: /usr/lib/openldap/start allows ldap user/group to recursively chown arbitrary directory trees to itself
CVE-2022-31253
Description
A Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in openldap2 of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control of the ldap user or group to change ownership of arbitrary directory entries to this user/group, leading to escalation to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory openldap2 versions prior to 2.6.3-404.1.
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Affected products
2- openSUSE/Factoryv5Range: openldap2
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