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SUSE: CVE-2022-21944: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2022-21944: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/18/2022
Created
01/29/2022
Added
01/27/2022
Modified
10/26/2022

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-python3-watchman
  • suse-upgrade-watchman

References

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