Vulnerability in Opensuse Leap
CVE-2020-8017
A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enter…
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
- Opensuse Leap 15.1 — versions texlive-filesystem
- Opensuse Texlive-filesystem
- Suse Linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 15
- Suse Linux_enterprise_software_development_kit — versions 12
- Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Desktop Applications 15-sp1 — versions texlive-filesystem
- Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-sp4 — versions texlive-filesystem
- Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-sp5 — versions texlive-filesystem
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- meissner@suse.de (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- meissner@suse.de (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-8017?
- CVE-2020-8017 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2020-04-02.
- How severe is CVE-2020-8017?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-8017 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.