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Permalink CVE-2023-32190
7.8 HIGH
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): HIGH
  • Availability impact (A): HIGH
created 6 months ago
mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable by abusing insecure file operations that run with root privileges.

Affected products

mlocate
  • <0.26-37.1
opensuse_tumbleweed
  • <0.26-37.1

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