cvelistv5 - CVE-2021-31997

CVE-2021-31997

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-06-10 11:35

Modified

2024-09-16 23:22

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Summary

python-postorius: postorius-permissions.sh used during %post allows local privilege escalation from postorius user to root

References

▼	URL	Tags
	meissner@suse.de	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182407	Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	openSUSE	Leap 15.2
	openSUSE	Factory

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