CVE-2019-20373

7.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Debian
Status
Debian Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 January 2020

Summary

LTSP LDM through 2.18.06 allows fat-client root access because the LDM_USERNAME variable may have an empty value if the user's shell lacks support for Bourne shell syntax. This is related to a run-x-session script.

References

https://git.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/+git/ldm/co...
x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4601
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg0...
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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