CVE-2020-12050

Description

SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.

Category

7.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ch-werner.de
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sysdream.com/news/lab/ third party advisory
http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PR6B33IGBADGYDBTEEU36OGERER2HOGQ/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WXPHBDVB3LAQUQJCZ4WIS3JWM7JFR56X/ vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825762 issue tracking third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDS5RK7F47BRXHUYRWGMGLYU2GJEVZQA/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00013.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00026.html vendor advisory
https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2020-05-25-cve-2020-12050-fedora-red-hat-centos-local-privilege-escalation-through-a-race-condition-in-the-sqliteodbc-installer-script/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12050?
CVE-2020-12050 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-12050?
To fix CVE-2020-12050, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-12050 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-12050 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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