CVE-2018-20106: SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly

First published: Fri Mar 15 2019(Updated: )

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

Credit: meissner@suse.de

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