CVE-2020-14542 Information disclosure in Solaris Operating System

Low 3.3 Published 15 Jul 2020 Updated 27 Sep 2024

A low-privileged attacker with local access can read a subset of Oracle Solaris data due to a vulnerability in the libsuri component.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-14542?

CVE-2020-14542 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 15 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: libsuri). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14542?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14542?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-14542 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2x43-7p4j-28px.