vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2020-24332: trousers -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 13, 2020 | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 13, 2020
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges, the creation of the system.data file is prone to symlink attacks. The tss user can be used to create or corrupt existing files, which could possibly lead to a DoS attack.
Solution
debian-upgrade-trousers
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