UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10699

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10699

    Published: 15 Apr 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-10699
    Aliases:
    USN-4871-1

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in Linux, in targetcli-fb versions 2.1.50 and 2.1.51 where the socket used by targetclid was world-writable. If a system enables the targetclid socket, a local attacker can use this flaw to modify the iSCSI configuration and escalate their privileges to root.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10699, https://github.com/open-iscsi/targetcli-fb/issues/162, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4871-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10699

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: targetcli-fb

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/targetcli-fb@1:2.1.51-0ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.1.51-0ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.1.fb49-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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