CVE-2020-14004: High severity icinga icinga web 2 vulnerability

Published Jun 12, 2020
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Updated

An issue was discovered in Icinga2 before v2.12.0-rc1. The prepare-dirs script (run as part of the icinga2 systemd service) executes chmod 2750 /run/icinga2/cmd. /run/icinga2 is under control of an unprivileged user by default. If /run/icinga2/cmd is a symlink, then it will by followed and arbitrary files can be changed to mode 2750 by the unprivileged icinga2 user.

Affected Software

6 affected components
Icinga Icinga>=2.0.0<=2.11.3
Icinga Icinga=2.12.0-rc1
openSUSE Backports SLE=15.0-sp1
openSUSE Backports SLE=15.0-sp2
openSUSE Leap=15.1
openSUSE Leap=15.2

Event History

Jun 12, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:04 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:04 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-14004.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2020-14004?

The severity of CVE-2020-14004 is high (7.8).

3

What is the affected software?

The affected software includes Icinga2 versions prior to v2.12.0-rc1, openSUSE Backports SLE 15.0 SP1, openSUSE Backports SLE 15.0 SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, and openSUSE Leap 15.2.

4

How can the vulnerability be exploited?

The vulnerability can be exploited by an unprivileged user who has control over the /run/icinga2/cmd symlink.

5

Are there any references for CVE-2020-14004?

Yes, you can find references for CVE-2020-14004 at the following URLs: [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00014.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00014.html), [http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/12/1](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/12/1), [https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14004](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14004).

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