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Local privilege escalation from user wwwrun to root in the packaging of mailman (SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11)

CVE-2019-3693
HIGH 7.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.36 % · percentile 30 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
suse
NVD status
Modified

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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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsuse
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NNVD · meissner@suse.de (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11affected mailman < 2.1.15-9.6.15.1
SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12affected mailman < 2.1.17-3.11.1
openSUSE · Leap 15.1affected mailman ≤ 2.1.29-lp151.2.14

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD