debian · CVE-2020-15396

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:42:27 GMT

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CVE-2020-15396 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (hylafax), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.

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