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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2018-20106 EUVD-2018-12676GHSA-ghcf-6h3j-46qc

SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly

Published Mar 15, 2019 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by microfocus

Description

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
SUSE yast2-printer unspecified – ≤ 4.0.2 —

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