CVE-2019-18899

Summary

CVECVE-2019-18899
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-23 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-08 02:52:00 UTC
DescriptionThe apt-cacher-ng package of openSUSE Leap 15.1 runs operations in user owned directory /run/apt-cacher-ng with root privileges. This can allow local attackers to influence the outcome of these operations. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 apt-cacher-ng versions prior to 3.1-lp151.3.3.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apt-cacher-ng Project Apt-cacher-ng All All All All
Application Apt-cacher-ng Project Apt-cacher-ng All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Backports sle-15 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0124-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0146-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Vendor Advisory
Bug 1157703 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-18899: apt-cacher-ng: apt-cacher-ng runs as root, insecure use of /run/apt-cacher-ng CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com 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: Matthias Gerstner of SUSE

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