{"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","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:24Z","published":"2022-08-09T11:29:53Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10737"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-10737","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10737"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5169-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10737"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"oddjob","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/oddjob@0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["0.34.3-1","0.34.3-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"oddjob","binary_version":"0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"oddjob-mkhomedir","binary_version":"0.34.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-10737","severity":[{"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","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5169-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"oddjob","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/oddjob@0.34.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.34.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["0.34.3-4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"oddjob","binary_version":"0.34.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"oddjob-mkhomedir","binary_version":"0.34.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-10737","severity":[{"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","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5169-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"oddjob","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/oddjob@0.34.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.34.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["0.34.4-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"oddjob","binary_version":"0.34.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"oddjob-mkhomedir","binary_version":"0.34.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-10737","severity":[{"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","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5169-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}