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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2020-0412
HistoryNov 10, 2020 - 6:20 p.m.

Updated sddm package fixes a security vulnerability

2020-11-1018:20:00
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
16
sddm
security vulnerability
privilege escalation
race condition
xauthority file
cve-2020-28049
update

CVSS2

3.3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

6.3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

Fabian Vogt discovered a flaw in sddm before 0.19.0. A local attacker can take advantage of a race condition when creating the Xauthority file to escalate privileges (CVE-2020-28049).

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Mageia7noarchsddm< 0.18.1-3.1sddm-0.18.1-3.1.mga7

CVSS2

3.3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

6.3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%