An issue was discovered in TrouSerS through 0.3.14. If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges instead of by the tss user, it fails to drop the root gid privilege when no longer needed.
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/att-135/tcsd_fixes.patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSDL7COIFCZQMUBNAASNMKMX7W5JUHRD/
https://sourceforge.net/p/trousers/mailman/message/37015817/
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164472
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/14/1
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2020-08-13
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.00057