CVE record · CVE-2020-8017

race condition on texlive-filesystem cron job allows for the deletion of unintended files

CVSS 6.2 MediumEPSS 0.0020 · 10th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: suse) at 2 Apr 2020, 14:05 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1
  • affected texlive-filesystem to before 2017.135-9.5.1 custom
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
  • affected texlive-filesystem to before 2013.74-16.5.1 custom
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
  • affected texlive-filesystem to before 2013.74-16.5.1 custom
openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1
  • affected texlive-filesystem to before 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2020-8017
CNA
suse
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-367
Published
2 Apr 2020
Updated
17 Sept 2024

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.2 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CNA (suse)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0020, the 10th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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Sources

References from the CNA

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