CVE-2019-3688

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3688
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-07 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-11-21 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 - All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 - All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1093414 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-3688: squid: /usr/sbin/pinger packaged with wrong permission CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2672-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2540-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2541-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750751 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for permissions (SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1)
  • 751472 OpenSUSE Security Update for permissions (openSUSE-SU-2021:1520-1)
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