CVE-2019-20373

high

Description

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

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4601

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00007.html

https://git.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/+git/ldm/commit/?id=c351ac69ef63ed6c84221cef73e409059661b8ba

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-01-09

Updated: 2020-01-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H