CVE-2020-8022
User-writeable configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf allows for escalation of priviliges
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- suse
Description
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of tomcat on SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 allows local attackers to escalate from group tomcat to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.39.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.39.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.57.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.57.3. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| suseCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
SUSE · SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
- affected tomcat – < 9.0.35-3.39.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
- affected tomcat – < 9.0.35-3.39.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
- affected tomcat – < 9.0.35-3.57.3
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
- affected tomcat – < 9.0.35-3.57.3
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
SUSE · SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
- affected tomcat – < 8.0.53-29.32.1
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172405 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0911 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [tomcat-users] 20200902 Re: regarding CVE-2020-8022 applicable to tomcat 8.5.57 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-users] 20200902 regarding CVE-2020-8022 applicable to tomcat 8.5.57 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [axis-java-dev] 20210228 axis2 1.7.9 is exposed to CVE-2020-8022 via tomcat dependency (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [axis-java-dev] 20210307 Re: axis2 1.7.9 is exposed to CVE-2020-8022 via tomcat dependency (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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