SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed up to 37.0 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed up to 37.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-32190. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed up to 37.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

mlocate's %post script allows RUN_UPDATEDB_AS user to make arbitrary files world readable by abusing insecure file operations that run with root privileges.

The weakness was disclosed by Johannes Segitz. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.suse.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-32190 since 05/04/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 37.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: openSUSE Tumbleweed 37.1

Timelineinfo

05/04/2023 🔍
10/16/2024 +531 days 🔍
10/16/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2025 +154 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: suse.com

Advisory: bugzilla.suse.com
Researcher: Johannes Segitz
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-32190 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32190
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-280617

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2024 14:32
Updated: 03/19/2025 16:37
Changes: 10/16/2024 14:32 (66), 03/19/2025 16:37 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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