CVE-2020-8023 json
Local privilege escalation from ldap to root when using OPENLDAP_CONFIG_BACKEND=ldap in openldap2
published 2020-09-01 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28935
- cvss
- 7.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data vulnerability in the start script of openldap2 of SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user ldap to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY openldap2-client-openssl1 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. openSUSE Leap 15.1 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1. openSUSE Leap 15.2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1.
Patch / fix
- SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY 2.4.26-0.74.13.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS 2.4.46-9.31.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 2.4.46-9.31.1
- SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 2.4.41-18.71.2
- SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 2.4.41-18.71.2
- openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1
- openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1
- openldap2 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +14 more 2.4.41-18.71.2
- openldap2 SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP2 +7 more 2.4.46-9.31.1
- openldap2 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +2 more 2.4.41-18.24.20.2
- openldap2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 2.4.26-0.74.13.1
- openldap2-client SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 2.4.26-0.74.13.1
- openldap2-client-openssl1 SLES 11-SECURITY 2.4.26-0.74.13.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1859-1SUSE-SU-2020:1856-1SUSE-SU-2020:1855-1SUSE-SU-2020:14419-1
- openldap2 openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1
- openldap2 openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0976-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0956-1
Exploit prediction
0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172698 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
- SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
- SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
- SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
- openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1
- openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.2
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-349 Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
References
-
bugzilla.suse.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1172698
exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-8023
- NVD CVE-2020-8023
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