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title: "CVE-2020-8017\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2020-8017

Publication date 2 April 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8017?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job
shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop
Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1
allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system
This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux
Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions
prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap
15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| texlive-base | 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.3 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.3 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8017)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8017)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-8017)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8017)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158910>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8017>