Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an old local privilege-escalation issue in SUSE openSUSE 11.3 and 11.4. A logged-in user could abuse specially named files to gain higher privileges through aaa_base tab-expansion behavior. Internet-facing exposure is unlikely, but shared legacy systems are the main concern. Exposure is limited to legacy openSUSE 11.3 or 11.4 systems with vulnerable aaa_base versions and local user access. Modern SUSE or openSUSE systems are not identified as affected in the provided bundle. Treat as a legacy-system cleanup priority. It is not a broad remote threat, but affected shared servers could let a low-privileged account become more powerful. Mitigation focus: Update aaa_base to the advisory-fixed version or later.; Remove or isolate unsupported openSUSE 11.3 and 11.4 systems.; Restrict local shell access on any legacy affected hosts..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/678827CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- aaabase-filename-privilege-escalation(66245)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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