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A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 inn version inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2. openSUSE Leap 15.2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2.
- Products
- inn2
- Affected versions
- 2.5.4-3, 2.6.0-1, 2.6.0-2, 2.6.1-2build1, 2.6.1-3, 2.6.1-4, 2.6.1-4build1, 2.6.3-2build1, 2.6.3-2build2, 2.6.3-3, 2.6.4-2build1, 2.6.4-2build2, 2.6.4-2build3, 2.6.4-2build4, 2.7.2~20230806-1, 2.7.2~20230917-1, 2.7.2~20231223-1, 2.7.2~20240120-1ubuntu1, 2.7.2~20240212-1, 2.7.2~20240212-1build2, 2.7.2~20240212-1build3, 2.7.3-1, 2.7.3~20250201-1, 2.7.3~rc1-1, 2.7.4-1, 2.7.4-1build1, 2.7.4-1build2, 2.7.4~20250809-1, 2.7.4~20250809-1build1, 2.7.4~20260419-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-31998
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 inn version inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2. openSUSE Leap 15.2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31998
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Complete source record
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