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CVE-2019-3693

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CVE-2019-3693

Published: Jan 24, 2020

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.7

HIGH

Description

A 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.

VendorProductVersions

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

affected
mailman - < 2.1.15-9.6.15.1

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

affected
mailman - < 2.1.17-3.11.1

openSUSE

Leap 15.1

affected
mailman - <= 2.1.29-lp151.2.14

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

openSUSE-SU-2020:0148
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2020:0156
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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