vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-5169-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-5169-1",
  "summary": "oddjob vulnerability",
  "details": "Matthias Gerstner discovered that there was a race condition in the mkhomedir\ntool shipped with the oddjob package. An authenticated attacker could use this\nto setup a symlink attack and change permissions on files on the host filesystem.\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10737"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2022-08-09T11:29:53Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:03Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "oddjob",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/oddjob@0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
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        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.34.3-1",
        "0.34.3-2"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "oddjob",
            "binary_version": "0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "oddjob-mkhomedir",
            "binary_version": "0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
      },
      "database_specific": {
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
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                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
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        "name": "oddjob",
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      },
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            }
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          }
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      },
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
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    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "oddjob",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/oddjob@0.34.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal"
      },
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          },
          {
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          }
        ],
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
      },
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
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                }
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  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5169-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10737"
    }
  ]
}