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CVE-2019-20373

Published: Jan 09, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20373
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

LTSP LDM through 2.18.06 allows fat-client root access because the LDM_USERNAME variable may have an empty value if the users shell lacks support for Bourne shell syntax. This is related to a run-x-session script.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Debian_linuxDebian8.0 (including)8.0 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian9.0 (including)9.0 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian10.0 (including)10.0 (including)
LdmUbuntubionic*
LdmUbuntudisco*
LdmUbuntueoan*
LdmUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
LdmUbuntufocal*
LdmUbuntugroovy*
LdmUbuntutrusty*
LdmUbuntuxenial*

References

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