CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-21950

Improper Access Control

Published: Sep 07, 2022 | Modified: Apr 14, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A Improper Access Control vulnerability in the systemd service of cana in openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 allows local users to hijack the UNIX domain socket This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 canna versions prior to canna-3.7p3-bp153.2.3.1. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 canna versions prior to 3.7p3-bp154.3.3.1. openSUSE Factory was also affected. Instead of fixing the package it was deleted there.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Canna Opensuse * 3.7p3-bp153.2.3.1 (excluding)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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