CVE-2019-18898

Summary

CVECVE-2019-18898
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-23 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-10 04:43:00 UTC
DescriptionUNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Opensuse Factory - All All All
Operating System Suse Opensuse Factory - All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 sp1 All All
Application Suse Trousers All All All All
Application Suse Trousers All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0744-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1157651 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-18898: trousers: Local privilege escalation from tss to root CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Johannes Segitz from SUSE

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