CVE-ID

CVE-2018-20106

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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.
References
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Assigning CNA
OpenText (formerly Micro Focus)
Date Record Created
20181212 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181212)
Votes (Legacy)
Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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