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Medium
CVE-2020-24332
An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the...
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges, the creation of the system.data file is prone to symlink attacks. The tss user can be used to create or corrupt existing files, which could possibly lead to a DoS attack.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/att-135/tcsd_fixes.patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSDL7COIFCZQMUBNAASNMKMX7W5JUHRD/
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trustedcomputinggroup
View all reports →Affected Software
trousers, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 33
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 13th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.