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6.5 Medium

CVE-2018-20106 In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords…

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 and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
yast2-printer 4.0 earliest → 4.0.2 No fix stated
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