CVE-2019-3690 (GCVE-0-2019-3690)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-05 15:30 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:38
VLAI
Title
chkstat follows untrusted symbolic links
Summary
The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SUSE permissions Affected: unspecified , < a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-12-05 00:00
Credits
Malte Kraus of SUSE
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