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CVE-2020-8017

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

  • Published: Apr 2, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-8017
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.3
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
opensuse / texlive-filesystem - 2017.135-9.5.1
opensuse / texlive-filesystem - 2013.74-16.5.1
opensuse / texlive-filesystem - 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x