CVE-2019-3698

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-3698
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-28 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-14 12:39:00 UTC
DescriptionUNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges by winning a race. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 nagios version 3.5.1-5.27 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 nagios version 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory nagios version 4.4.5-2.1 and prior versions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nagios Nagios All All All All
Application Nagios Nagios All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0517-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1156309 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-3698: nagios: /etc/cron.weekly/nagios allows privilege escalation from nagios to root CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0500-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Matthias Gerstner

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