Bug 1890207 - CVE-2020-27187 kpmcore: kpmcore_externalcommand helper can be exploited in local privilege escalation [epel-8]
Summary: CVE-2020-27187 kpmcore: kpmcore_externalcommand helper can be exploited in lo...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: kpmcore
Version: epel8
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mattia Verga
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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: 1890201 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: CVE-2020-27187
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-10-21 16:56 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2020-10-22 16:39 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2020-10-22 16:39:27 UTC
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Description Michael Kaplan 2020-10-21 16:56:04 UTC
This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-8.

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Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2020-10-21 16:56:06 UTC
Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# low, medium, high, urgent (required)
severity=high

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=1890199,1890207

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Comment 2 Mattia Verga 2020-10-22 16:26:35 UTC
*** Bug 1890201 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Mattia Verga 2020-10-22 16:39:27 UTC
EPEL8 branch is not affected by this CVE since kpmcore version is still 3.3.0


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