CVE-2018-20106 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

Published: 2019-03-15

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SUSE

yast2-printer

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 4.0.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:yast2-printer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-12676	In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00135.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114853

History

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Subscriptions

Opensuse Yast2-printer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published: 2019-03-15T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:23:19.129Z

Reserved: 2018-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20106

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-15T20:29:00.730

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:00:53.397

Link: CVE-2018-20106

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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