CVE-2019-3693

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-3693
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-24 10:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-10 04:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 and prior versions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 - All All
Application Suse Mailman All All All All
Application Suse Mailman All All All All
Application Suse Mailman All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1154328 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-3693: mailman: LPE from wwwrun to root; ability to chgrp arbitrary files to mailman CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0156-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0148-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Johannes Segitz of SUSE

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