Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
SUSE Manager and Uyuni installers could create swap files that any local user could read. Swap can contain fragments of memory, so sensitive data might be exposed on affected installations. The issue is limited to confidentiality and requires local system access.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate hygiene and data exposure issue. Prioritize internet-facing management servers less than local-access threats, but remediate promptly on shared or administrator-managed systems.
Technical view
The installer created world-readable swap files when no swap was already configured and the filesystem was not btrfs. The CVSS 3.0 score is 4.0 with local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, and low confidentiality impact only.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to SUSE Manager before or up to the cited 4.0.7 boundary and Uyuni before the cited commit, on non-btrfs systems without preexisting swap.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show active exploitation, and this CVE is not listed as KEV. Abuse would require local access to read an incorrectly permissioned swap file.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow but consistent: the CVE describes insecure swap file permissions and conditions. The bundle does not include exploit reports, detailed patch notes, or post-compromise indicators, so validation should focus on version, filesystem, swap state, and file permissions.
Mitigation direction
- Check SUSE guidance for the corrected SUSE Manager release boundary.
- Update Uyuni to a build containing or after the cited fixing commit.
- Restrict permissions on any affected swap files after vendor guidance review.
- Review affected hosts for possible sensitive data exposure in swap.
Validation and detection
- Inventory SUSE Manager and Uyuni hosts and installed versions.
- Identify hosts installed without existing swap on non-btrfs filesystems.
- Review swap file permissions for world-readable access.
- Confirm remediation against SUSE or Uyuni advisory guidance.
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 4 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N2.51.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
4MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131954CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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