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CVE-2020-15396

In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Hylafax\+ ProjectHylafax\+
through 7.0.2
IfaxHylafax Enterprise
All versions
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 31, 32
OpensuseBackports Sle
Version 15.0
OpensuseLeap
Versions 15.1, 15.2

Weakness classification

CWE-362

References