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High · 7.1 CVE-2022-31253 EUVD-2022-52830GHSA-hxf4-pc5p-7f5c

openldap2: /usr/lib/openldap/start allows ldap user/group to recursively chown arbitrary directory trees to itself

Published Nov 9, 2022 · Updated May 1, 2025 · Assigned by suse

Description

A Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in openldap2 of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control of the ldap user or group to change ownership of arbitrary directory entries to this user/group, leading to escalation to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory openldap2 versions prior to 2.6.3-404.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openSUSE Factory openldap2 – < 2.6.3-404.1 2.6.3-404.1

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