Vigil@nce - openSUSE, SUSE LE: privilege escalation via /usr/sbin/pinger
January 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop,
SLES.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: privileged access/rights.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 15/11/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via /usr/sbin/pinger of
openSUSE or SUSE LE 15, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/openSUSE-SUSE-LE-privilege-escalation-via-usr-sbin-pinger-30873