Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-5202
Summary
apt-cacher-ng through 3.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by hijacking the hardcoded TCP port. The /usr/lib/apt-cacher-ng/acngtool program attempts to connect to apt-cacher-ng via TCP on localhost port 3142, even if the explicit SocketPath=/var/run/apt-cacher-ng/socket command-line option is passed. The cron job /etc/cron.daily/apt-cacher-ng (which is active by default) attempts this periodically. Because 3142 is an unprivileged port, any local user can try to bind to this port and will receive requests from acngtool. There can be sensitive data in these requests, e.g., if AdminAuth is enabled in /etc/apt-cacher-ng/security.conf. This sensitive data can leak to unprivileged local users that manage to bind to this port before the apt-cacher-ng daemon can.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family | SuSE Local Security Checks |
NASL id | OPENSUSE-2020-124.NASL |
description | This update for apt-cacher-ng fixes the following issues : - CVE-2019-18899: Fixed a symlink attack which could allow to overwrite arbitrary data (boo#1157703). - CVE-2020-5202: Fixed an information leak if a local user won a race condition to listen to localhost:3142 (boo#1157706). |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 133345 |
published | 2020-01-30 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133345 |
title | openSUSE Security Update : apt-cacher-ng (openSUSE-2020-124) |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-5202
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/20/4
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q1/21
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00065.html