vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-15396: Race Condition
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 30, 2020 | Aug 10, 2020 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 30, 2020
Added
Aug 10, 2020
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-hylafaxplus
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