openSUSE Leap 15.2: inn Moderate Local Privilege Escalation CVE-2021-31998
opensuse
September 26, 2025
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for inn fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2021-31998: change user to news before calling innupgrade, which
could have allow local privilege escalation. [boo#1182321]
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended instal=
lation methods
like YaST online=5Fupdate or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-830=3D1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86=5F64):
inn-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1
inn-debuginfo-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1
inn-debugsource-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1
inn-devel-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1
mininews-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1
mininews-debuginfo-2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31998.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182321
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0830-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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Topics Covered
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