UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31998

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31998

    Published: 10 Jun 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-31998

    Summary:

    Details: A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 inn version inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2. openSUSE Leap 15.2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-31998, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182321, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31998

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: inn2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/inn2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.5.4-3

    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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