DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15396

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15396
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15396.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15396
Upstream
Published
2020-06-30T12:15:12Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:36Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / hylafax

Package

Name
hylafax
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hylafax?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3:6.0.7-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / hylafax

Package

Name
hylafax
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hylafax?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3:6.0.7-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / hylafax

Package

Name
hylafax
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hylafax?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3:6.0.7-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / hylafax

Package

Name
hylafax
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hylafax?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3:6.0.7-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}