USN-5169-1

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    USN-5169-1

    Published: 9 Aug 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: oddjob vulnerability

    Details: Matthias Gerstner discovered that there was a race condition in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package. An authenticated attacker could use this to setup a symlink attack and change permissions on files on the host filesystem.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5169-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10737

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: oddjob

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/oddjob?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    0.34.3-1
    0.34.3-2

    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
    USN-5169-1 | CVE-DB