SB2021020416 - Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in doas (Alpine package)



SB2021020416 - Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in doas (Alpine package)

Published: February 4, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021020416
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-25016)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

In OpenDoas from 6.6 to 6.8 the users PATH variable was incorrectly inherited by authenticated executions if the authenticating rule allowed the user to execute any command. Rules that only allowed to authenticated user to execute specific commands were not affected by this issue.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.