CVE-2022-21944highCWE-59

CVE-2022-21944: high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3

watchman: chown in watchman@.socket unit allows symlink attack

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ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.3%
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
openSUSE · FactoryopenSUSE · openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3
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