DSA-2020-183: RSA® Authentication Agent for PAM Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnera

[icecream-guy]

DSA-2020-183: RSA® Authentication Agent for PAM Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability
created by RSA Product Team in RSA SecurID Access Advisories
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Dell EMC Identifier:   DSA-2020-183
CVE Identifier:   CVE-2020-5382
Severity:   High
Severity Rating:   8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products:   •   RSA® Authentication Agent for PAM version 8.1.1.66 and earlier
Summary:   RSA Authentication Agent for PAM contains an Uncontrolled Search Path vulnerability.
Details:   The RSA Authentication Agent for PAM has been updated to address the following vulnerability:

RSA® Authentication Agent for PAM version 8.1.1.66 and earlier contains an Uncontrolled Search Path vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to the root user.

CVSSv3 Base Score 8.8 High (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

For more information about any of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) mentioned here, consult the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) at http://nvd.nist.gov/home.cfm. To search for a particular CVE, use the database's search utility at http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search.

Recommendation:   The following RSA Authentication Agent for PAM release contains resolutions to these vulnerabilities:

•   RSA® Authentication Agent for PAM version 8.1.1.106 and later

RSA recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
   For additional documentation, downloads and more, visit the RSA SecurID Access page on RSA Link.

Credit:   Dell would like to thank Casper Dik for reporting this issue.
Severity Rating:   For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to Dell's Vulnerability Disclosure Policy. RSA recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.
Legal Information:   Read and use the information in this RSA Security Advisory to assist in avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If you have any questions regarding this advisory, contact RSA Customer Support. RSA Security LLC and its affiliates, including without limitation, its ultimate parent company, Dell Technologies, distribute RSA Security Advisories in order to bring to the attention of users of the affected RSA products, important security information.

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[Otanx]

Do you have more info on this one? You beat out Nist and Mitre on publishing the CVE number. They are still showing it as private/unreleased. The Dell ID isn't pulling up anything for me either.

-Otanx

[icecream-guy]

Do you have more info on this one? You beat out Nist and Mitre on publishing the CVE number. They are still showing it as private/unreleased. The Dell ID isn't pulling up anything for me either.

-Otanx

I'd probably have to login to my RSA account and dig for details.
I just posted what was emailed to me.

[Otanx]

OK, I will have our RSA guys go do that.

-Charles