What is CVE-2021-25317?

CVE-2021-25317 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2021-25317?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora

CVE-2021-25317

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of cups of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers with control of the lp users to create files as root with 0644 permissions without the ability to set the content. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS cups versions prior to 1.3.9. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 cups versions prior to 1.7.5. openSUSE Leap 15.2 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. openSUSE Factory cups version 2.3.3op2-2.1 and prior versions.

Published 2021-05-05 · last modified 2026-10-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32, 33, 34
openSUSE Factory — versions cups
openSUSE Leap — versions 15.2
openSUSE Leap 15.2 — versions cups
SUSE Cups
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
SUSE Manager Server — versions 4.0
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar — versions 9.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-Sp4-Ltss — versions cups
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 — versions cups

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25317?: CVE-2021-25317 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2021-25317?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.