The packaging of NextCloud in openSUSE used /srv/www/htdocs in an unsafe manner, which could have allowed scripts running as wwwrun user to escalate privileges to root during nextcloud package upgrade.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leap | Opensuse | 42.3 (including) | 42.3 (including) |
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036756
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00010.html
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9286/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036756
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00010.html
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9286/