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CVE-2019-20373 Details

Description

LTSP LDM through 2.18.06 allows fat-client root access because the LDM_USERNAME variable may have an empty value if the user's shell lacks support for Bourne shell syntax. This is related to a run-x-session script.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://git.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/+git/ldm/commit/?id=c351ac69ef63ed6c84221cef73e409059661b8ba CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00007.html CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4601 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://git.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/+git/ldm/commit/?id=c351ac69ef63ed6c84221cef73e409059661b8ba [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00007.html [email protected]Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
debian debian linux
8.0
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
ltsp ldm
<= 2.18.06

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ltsp:ldm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-20373
NVD Published Date:
Jan 9, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2019-20373 Details - Not Deferred