CVE-2017-9286 nextcloud package security issues with /srv/www/htdocs

What is CVE-2017-9286?

CVE-2017-9286 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 1 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The packaging of NextCloud in openSUSE used /srv/www/htdocs in an unsafe manner, which could have allowed scripts running as wwwrun user to escalate privileges to root during nextcloud package upgrade.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9286?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9286?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9286 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-9286 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9286 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-20787 Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size. Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-8341 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-6438 Other in n/a Critical 9.8

All Opensuse Leap vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p8ph-fqxj-xw9c.