Description
A Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the sudoers configuration in cscreen of openSUSE Factory allows any local users to gain the privileges of the tty and dialout groups and access and manipulate any running cscreen seesion. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cscreen version 1.2-1.3 and prior versions.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE | Factory | cscreen – ≤ 1.2-1.3 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | cscreen | 1.4-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11924-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11924-1 cscreen-1.4-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026