What is CVE-2021-31998?

CVE-2021-31998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Backports Sle-15-sp2, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-31998?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Opensuse Backports Sle-15-sp2

CVE-2021-31998

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root…

EPSS: 0.000 (8.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Opensuse Backports Sle-15-sp2 — versions inn
Opensuse Leap 15.2 — versions inn
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11-sp3 — versions inn

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-31998?: CVE-2021-31998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Backports Sle-15-sp2, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-31998?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.