CVE-2020-8016: Opensuse Texlive-Filesystem

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the packaging of texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users to corrupt files or potentially escalate privileges. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

Affected products

• Opensuse Texlive-Filesystem: before 2017.135-9.5.1 (fixed in 2017.135-9.5.1); before 2013.74-16.5.1 (fixed in 2013.74-16.5.1); affected versions not specified; before 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1 (fixed in 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1)

Published 2020-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.