CVE-2019-3699

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3699
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-24 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-14 13:26:00 UTC
DescriptionUNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of privoxy on openSUSE Leap 15.1, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user privoxy to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 privoxy version 3.0.28-lp151.1.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory privoxy version 3.0.28-2.1 and prior versions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensuse Factory - All All All
Application Opensuse Factory - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy All All All All
Application Privoxy Privoxy All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1157449 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-3699: privoxy: Local privilege escalation from privoxy to root 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: Johannes Segitz of SUSE

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