| Name | CVE-2020-24331 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges, the tss user still has read and write access to the /etc/tcsd.conf file (which contains various settings related to this daemon). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| trousers (PTS) | jessie | 0.3.13-3 | vulnerable |
| buster, stretch | 0.3.14+fixed1-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.3.14+fixed1-1.2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.3.15-0.3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.3.15-0.4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| trousers | source | (unstable) | 0.3.15-0.1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472
https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1
In Debian, tcsd gets started under the tss user
[jessie] - trousers <ignored> (tss service gets started as non-root user via init script)