CVE-2021-44512

Publication date 7 December 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

World-writable permissions on the /tmp/tmate/sessions directory in tmate-ssh-server 2.3.0 allow a local attacker to compromise the integrity of session handling, or obtain the read-write session ID from a read-only session symlink in this directory.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tmate-ssh-server	24.10 oracular	Vulnerable
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needed
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

Notes

ebarretto

same fix as CVE-2021-44512

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.0 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H